When TJ and I met, I could tell right away we came from different financial backgrounds. He had worked hard every summer doing sales in California to pay for his tuition and living expenses, he had thrifty parents who had been able to help him along the way, and he…
Johnny and me, circa 2010 (i.e., in the throes of paying off debt) I can still remember the night Johnny and I sat down and made a plan to pay off our debt. We were fresh out of college, each having just landed our first real jobs and both feeling…
This week marks four years of being debt free. (!!!) It’s hard to predict where we’d be if we’d never made the decision to get out of debt. All we know is where we are now. But I don’t think it’s a stretch to say all of the financial goals…
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I freaking loved American Gladiators. I don’t have many memories of my early-90’s childhood, but this epic game show will forever be seared in my soul. Nitro, Viper, Turbo, Blaze. These were my heroes. At the end of every episode, the contestants…
Over the last two and a half years (!) of putting fingers to keyboard on this here blog, we’ve shared a steady supply of our successes and failures. And over time, we’ve noticed recurring themes and fundamental beliefs that continue to pop up and appear to drive to the core…
Three and a half years ago, Johnny and I were living in New York City. We’d been out of school less than two years, we were paying off debt, we had just a couple thousand in savings, and we’d been hoping to get pregnant for over a year. We were…
Joanna and I will forever owe our budgeting beginnings to the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Dave Ramsey. A friend lent us The Total Money Makeover one fateful day, and our financial lives were changed forever. We adopted “gazelle intensity” as a normal phrase in our household. We listened in…
It was around this time three years ago that Johnny and I joined hands together, jointly extended our pointer fingers, and pressed “Submit” on our final debt payment. If all of that sounds kinda weird, it was. And I’m glad you didn’t see it. But boy was it exciting! And…
Before I start, I gotta tell ya… I’m so stoked about the mattress giveaway we posted yesterday. We love sharing companies we love, but being able to give back in some small way to all of you for reading just takes the cake. And we have another awesome giveaway coming up…
Today we’re going to talk about the age old question: Will crossing your eyes too much cause them to get stuck that way? No, not that one. Never that one on a Monday. We’re talking about the other age-old question: Should you save while you’re in debt? Over the weekend, Sally got…