Texoma with Kids

Wedding. Season. That most blessed and cursed time of year. I thought I’d gotten old enough that we were past the bulk of them. I remember years in my twenties where I attended/was invited to/was directly involved in no less than nine weddings in the span of twelve months. Well, another wave hit in our…

There are so, very, many articles and posts encouraging self care, especially for moms. But here’s the rub – we moms are generally on a budget too, and finding both time AND money for those treat yo self moments can seem impossible. Honestly, the word “hobby” seems like it was erased from my vocabulary the…

A long, long time ago, in a South Texas city far, far away lived four girls. Two in marching band, two in the dance team (they performed with us in lieu of a color guard for all you fellow band nerds out there). They survived three-hour, two-a-day practices in the blazing 118 degree Texas sun,…

Four years ago my husband and I decided to change our relationship with money. We were living from paycheck to paycheck, overstressed and resenting each other every time a single purchase was made. Money makes people funny, or so the saying goes, and it’s true. And in a marriage, differences with money handling may lead…

I’ll be the first to admit it. Right out of college and into my first job, I developed some bad spending habits. I relied too heavily on student loans (my husband went on to law school so they were still available to us), I used credit cards like they were free money, and an “emergency”…

When you’re planning for and bringing home a new baby, it’s easy to get caught up in sleepless nights, organic baby food and reading every book you can find, but sometimes parents forget an obvious priority: teaching and helping your child to save money as they grow up. (Hello, this was me in 2015 –…

Welp, I’m back on the wagon. (After gaining COUGHFOURCOUGH pounds in the seven days I was in Houston…) AnyWHO, when I have had success in eating better and losing weight, it had a lot to do with planning meals. Meal planning is a simple and effective way to save a lot of money each month,…

I will be the first to admit I’m not the best at sticking to a budget. I tend to be all-or-nothing and spiral into the land of “I’m never going to get there” whenever I go over my spending limit for the month, and then it becomes a free-for-all of over-spending. I recently came across…

Q: My partner and I are excited to soon bring home our own little bundle of joy. How can we save money while raising our baby? A: It’s hard to work and juggle child care around normal adult responsibilities! Costs have gone up as well – raising a child from birth to age 18 can cost over…

I’m just going to come right out and say it. In the month of April alone, my husband and I spent over $500 going out to eat. I know this because we’ve been using the Every Dollar budgeting app ever since we took Financial Peace University classes together in 2016. Let me reiterate – that’s…