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22
Aug
2018

Giant List Of Family Activities For A No-Spend Weekend

You can have great intentions to spend less money. Then enter children. And boredom. And whining. Next thing you know, you’ve shelled out hundreds of dollars to entertain the family and not have much to show for it after.

Here are some ideas to get you through any weekend, no matter if you’re trying to save lots of money or a little money. And if you’re attempting a no-spend weekend with that wallet completely on lockdown? You can do that too.

But first thing’s first. You have to plan ahead to avoid some basic pitfalls. All good plans can implode the minute the first person (kid or adult) gets hangry. (more…)

12
Aug
2018

Super Simple Upcycled Bow Organizer

categories: diy

My baby girl has a ton a hair bows. Truth be told, she’s starting to grow out of them… but I’m not. I kinda wish she would stay a little girl who wears hair bows all her life. But I know that won’t happen.

In the meantime, we needed a better way to store all of her bows that were just shoved into a box in her closet. It was a bad system and it was driving me crazy.

But I didn’t want to spend any money, obvi, so I made her a pretty, hanging bow organizer with stuff I had around the house. I turned a couple of old boxes into a custom, chic looking organizer. (more…)

29
Jul
2018

3 Teacher Survival Kits – With Printable Tags

categories: Back To School, diy, Printables & SVGs

3 Teacher Survival Kits To Start The School Year With Printable Gift Tags

The start of the school year can be stressful for kids, parents, and teachers.

And just as parents are breathing a sigh of relief that summer camp costs or DIY entertainment are over, teachers are taking over the care and feeding of our little humans.

Here are a few cute gift ideas to help teachers start the year off on a good foot. (more…)

25
Jul
2018

Debt Sucks – How To Make Paying It Off Suck A Little Less

categories: Printables & SVGs, Saving

Debt Sucks!

Debt can make you lie awake at night feeling like you have a weight on your chest.

It can be hard to breathe.

It can wreck your health and your marriage.

And it snowballs. Not the good, Dave Ramsey kind of snowball, where you pay off one little debt, then a bigger one and a bigger one. It’s the one where your debt gets bigger and bigger until it rolls right over you.

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01
Jul
2018

Falling In Love With St Augustine

categories: Travel

Do you know the feeling when you fall in love with a city? The architecture inspires you, the history fascinates you, the style invigorates you or the beauty just fills your soul? And best of all is when all of that happens at the same time.

I’d heard a little about St Augustine, Florida over the years, mostly from friends who simply gushed about loving it so much. But you never truly understand until you experience it for yourself.

And that’s what we recently did. And all of those things I mentioned fell into place.

Let me show you why. (more…)

23
Jun
2018

Affordable Alternatives To Plastic – For The Sake Of Our Oceans

categories: Saving

Long before we moved to the Gulf Coast, I had a deep love for the ocean. Every vacation, every spare weekend we had, we tried to spend it at the beach and in the water. But the home to so many incredible and majestic creatures is being choked by our use of plastics.

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07
Jun
2018

Affordable Workout Clothes – 8 Outfits Under $40 & Where To Find Them

categories: fitness, Saving

I take money very seriously. I also take fitness very seriously. And because I work out 5-6 days a week, I need a lot of workout clothes because I DO NOT want to do laundry any more than I have to. That’s why I’m always on the lookout for good quality fitness gear at great prices. I NEVER pay full price for any item, not even the essentials like a great sports bra.

Below you’ll see some of the awesome outfits I’ve put together for just about any type of exercise.. running, weight training, tennis, etc.. and each outfit is under $40, some are way under $40. (more…)

27
May
2018

The 2 Most Important Values I’m Teaching My Children

categories: Parenting

Personalized notebook - The Two Most Important Values I'm Teaching My Children & Personalized Products By Just So Posh

Of all the chaos in the world, and all the chaos in our own house with two young, growing, rambunctious kids… the drive to school in the morning is kind of a special time for me. It’s a few minutes without video games, TVs, loud toys, running, yelling, screaming (if we’re lucky), when my kids and I can really talk. We talk about the day ahead, upcoming plans… about everything from the lunch menu to what they want to be when they grow up.

But whatever we talk about, the last thing I always say to them before they hop out of the car and disappear into the crowd of kids is, “Be brave & kind.” (more…)

16
May
2018

10 Best Floppy Beach Hats You Can Afford

categories: Saving, Summer

Lots of fabulous mamas have said they love my hat from my Mother’s Day social media posts. (more…)

05
May
2018

Self-Care Isn’t Just For Moms + Save On Old Spice

categories: Saving

Dads need self-care too + Save on Old Spice

Mom bloggers like me often talk about the importance of self-care. And I do believe it’s vital and, unfortunately, often overlooked. And we aren’t the only ones who need self-care. Here’s a shout-out to the dads out there who need it too! (more…)