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thredUP Review – The Good, The Bad, & How to Save Money Without Compromise

ThredUP is the largest thrift and consignment shop on the Internet, but is it right for you? In this thredUP review, you’ll learn my experience with buying, others experience selling, and some alternatives to get you high fashion at low prices. I’ve been shopping thredUp for several years and while I don’t buy clothes often I’m an outspoken advocate for buying them secondhand. I’m not perfect but I try to buy as much used clothing as possible. My Honest thredUP Review TLDR: It's been years since I hit publish on this thredUP review and I can honestly say I still…

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No Spend Month

Is Being Debt Free Worth it?

I had a great talk with Millennial Money Man yesterday and my favorite piece of advice he gave me was to “write what you’re passionate about.” It took me literally five seconds to think of the one thing I’m really passionate about right now: Getting out of debt. A lot of people don’t understand why we’re doing this. They’re living great lives with money in the bank, shiny cars in the driveway, all with a six-figure negative net worth. So why would I deprive myself in my 20’s, the “best” years of my life, to sacrifice 60% percent of our monthly…

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Save Money Online

5 Ways to Save Money Online

With 2 weeks to go until Cyber Monday, it’s a good idea to start planning online purchases so you can take advantage of as many deals as possible. I’ve never been a big Cyber Monday shopper but I strongly prefer shopping online over in-store at this time of the year. Actually, any time of year. If you do your due diligence you can find dozens of ways to save money online. And I don’t even mean haggling or timing your purchases. There are really simple ways to get the stuff you need and pay less for all of it. Also…

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How to Make $27K by Eating out Less

When I think about places where money goes to die it’s not into fixer upper houses or trips across the globe, it’s everyday stuff. Stuff that in the moment I think I need then a few hours later I wonder why it was such a big deal. There’s nothing wrong about these purchases, it’s just that over time they add up. And this year, we’ve crossed the line. Americans now spend more at bars and restaurants than on groceries. A few billion dollars more.  And millennials spend more than any other generation. Millennials (ages 20-34) are now America’s largest generation making…

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Free Activities For Couples

10 Free Holiday Activities for Couples Paying off Debt

  This is where it all started guys. On a quiet summer afternoon I hit publish on my first post titled 10 Free Activities for Couples Paying off Debt and the rest is history. I thought it fitting to do one for the winter as well, seeing how we spend more money this time of year than any other. 1. Christmas Lights Home Tour Every city has a neighborhood that really goes all out with the lights. Take a drive to look at them or walk if the weather isn’t frightful. In Florida, the weather is always great this time…

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Eat Out Less

A Month of Dinner Recipes for Families on a Budget

Growing up I did not have a Suzy Homemaker mother who taught me my grandmother’s secret dinner recipes or how to separate the yolk from the egg white. The extent of my cooking experience came from the instructions on the back of the Chicken Voila bag in the freezer section. In college, I became a vegetarian but I was more than satisfied eating dinners of Steam-in-Bag vegetables and fake meat corn dogs (honestly better than real corn dogs.) But when I got married and we decided to pay off our debt I knew I had to learn my way around…

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Be A Secret Shopper

How to be a Mystery Shopper

Mystery Shopping has been a fun activity for us while we’ve been paying off our student loans. It’s taken our tight budget and opened it up for dinners out, movies, and activities we otherwise wouldn’t get to experience. My husband and I have been mystery shopping for over a year. Even with busy schedules and multiple jobs we still make time to shop at least twice a month. We’ve done car test drives, movie theaters, cell phone stores, quick-service restaurants, fine dining, mini golf, roller skating, and so many more. If there’s a shop for it, we’ve tried it, or…

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3 PSL Hacks for the Frugal Pumpkin Spice Lover

See what I did there? PSL, Pumpkin Spice Lover? Okay, more reason for me to keep my day job. But seriously, I love the pumpkin spice latte. How else would we know it’s fall here in Florida without the return of the PSL? I remember waiting for Labor Day, knowing that the time was near. Standing in the 90-degree heat, wearing a scarf that served no purpose, holding that orange drink in my hand, knowing coffee shouldn’t be that color but not caring at all. It’s a magical time. But coming in at $5.30 for a Grande the PSL is…

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Free And Cheap Ways To Workout

Free and Cheap Ways to Workout for People who Hate the Gym

There are a ton of free and cheap ways to workout without being left to your own devices. Just because you don’t have $125 or even $30 per month to drop on fitness there’s no excuse to not be taking care of your body. The gym scares me, and I’m a pretty fit person. I have a free membership to the YMCA through one of my jobs and I have never set foot inside the gym part. I do love their Body Pump and Boot Camp classes though. I need someone telling me what to do or I’ll wander aimlessly…

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Holiday Leaves

7 Simple Ways to Save Money on Travel

Whether you’re traveling to see family or skipping out for a much-needed vacation, keep these tips in mind to save on travel to wherever you’re going. While I'm winding down my travel, holidays are coming up and it's the time everyone else starts thinking about their travel plans. To see family or get far away from them. When the holidays are vying for all the extra dollars in your budget, saving on travel is top priority. And these tips can be useful for holiday or summer travel so pin it for later and make frugality a habit in all your…

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