10 THINGS I QUIT BUYING (TO SAVE MONEY)

[{"selector":"#anim-153dfbcd-d0f8-48b9-b9fc-c16b02ae650a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-37671146-0ad0-4d89-853a-878c4207bb68","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -209.42759%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-16415d53-b481-4ba3-a7b9-555759e67a7a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6588a0b4-4ed1-4f47-84a0-3f0203a4907d","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f9788879-9cb5-486f-8f77-3a59275d86af","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

You’ve probably heard that in most relationships, there is just one person who is largely in charge of the finances.

[{"selector":"#anim-0fd9f430-aac4-4040-b095-ea737ade05c9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bef2c555-335e-4752-9d2f-425eeb7c1a64","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2afe318e-02ff-41b5-99a0-6bf800a99a43","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-13fdbe35-ce3d-475a-83c1-81ef510cc61a","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Learn more

[{"selector":"#anim-ee2548f1-d852-4fab-b0ed-d8ac03f6f054","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-45f5a6a0-76da-41db-9bc7-33c03be6b837","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f5bb3532-45d4-468c-baae-875e718dada5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-98508929-ecb4-44f0-bfa0-fb99a12c9655","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] It’s a generalization, but one that hits the nail on the head with my husband and me. We make all our major money decisions together – house, car, investments, insurance… anything that costs more than a couple hundred bucks really. LEARN MORE

The amount we spend on food is INSANE. It’s not that I don’t like to cook – it’s that I was never prepared to cook at dinner time.

[{"selector":"#anim-ae18de36-b11c-4d58-877b-eede9c5fccff","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0d9a70d7-8f6b-47a2-a586-08efc855a41e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e04558b5-e734-4605-a6e6-e6cdcb9f096d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d3326f9d-a3c7-409d-a1af-5104ebe3b8e8","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c9c6a5e2-7cff-497e-9d38-42e55bc19af4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-35272262-2d21-4d8b-978a-28dc747b5c73","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.82278%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

I’ve always known that cheap hair conditioner works just as well or better than shave gel. It costs a fraction and lasts so much longer. I don’t even know how I was justifying buying the shaving gel.

[{"selector":"#anim-24d165fa-2057-4a1d-9bac-f9646b277d07","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1ddb751b-7a49-44c2-893c-bfbbfdf24a31","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2abfad2c-d8f4-440b-996f-501cbafbb858","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5481166c-a729-4105-96c2-e6795350fe64","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b890409f-58f8-4967-9711-5cd12a4a08da","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0ba2b426-b386-43cc-ac30-8acf3ece00f7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-122.56945%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

This is hard for me to post because I’m afraid to start an online battle about how authors deserve compensation. I totally agree. But I want this blog to be honest and at this point in my life, new books are something that I can’t justify for me.

[{"selector":"#anim-d733e833-f012-4dfe-821e-54fab7cf7dd5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f9def9c5-5a68-46da-9434-13a15511ccfd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5a0eadbe-6258-4244-8027-f260985883d1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c15be9f1-123b-441f-be1a-1fc267df0988","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-193390a1-3b53-4e3e-ba4c-5c2c444c8fa6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-721c6462-bf73-49ff-8b4d-819c90b096a1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-121.875%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

Another “how did I ever justify this?!” item. I have great tasting tap water, from a well and chemical-free. Oh and also actually FREE. Shame on me for not taking every advantage of that.

[{"selector":"#anim-ca2e74a4-89a0-4965-8d15-f3f33bb7dd77","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c504febe-672a-4af6-bd5d-a36248739028","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-294b5e7f-e336-478d-9b8f-90f3999b127f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-52569191-2ebe-44b6-ac39-284162a076d5","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-238b3ac3-abfd-43cd-a450-3fa1a19be24b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-78bd4343-e335-488d-8142-15db74557776","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-121.18056%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

SWIPE UP FOR MORE INFO!

[{"selector":"#anim-dcacd5cd-ae46-4262-917b-8ad99c7e3c02","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c2983cc7-6166-45a4-a5d5-8d57bbf21d10","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bd7a6266-d525-4be9-bd2b-144b620e5913","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.8265%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more

FOR MORE MOMMY ON PURPOSE CONTENT JUST CLICK THE LOGO BELOW.

[{"selector":"#anim-5ab7e5cd-16ef-4776-ad4a-459f51fd4286","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d18c19f3-d168-43d8-963c-36343a4fb400","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f44cca2c-cb85-4813-81b0-8a376a885bed","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-91deg) translate3d(0px, -839.22927%, 0) rotate(91deg)","rotate(-91deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(91deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Arrow