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7 Easy Ways to Save on Wedding Invitations

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According to bride.com, the average bride can expect to pay hundreds if not thousands of dollars for the wedding invitation suite. With my $10,000 wedding budget, I can't justify spending hundreds of dollars on paper that everyone but my Mom will probably throw away. How to Save on Wedding Invitations and Save the Dates Below are the 7 ways that I am saving on printing and stationary costs for my … [Read more...] about 7 Easy Ways to Save on Wedding Invitations

Working In Your Passion is Overrated

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Series: The 5 Things No One Tells You About Work That Are Critical to Success.   Stop wasting time finding your passion I grew up hearing that I should find my passion and pursue a career that I loved. I’m sure many of you received similar advice. When you love what you do, it never feels like work. Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life! Sound familiar? For me, finding my passion was … [Read more...] about Working In Your Passion is Overrated

A Very Frugal Wedding: Saving on Food and Photos

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 Saving on Wedding Catering and Photography   Set your food budget Wedding food is crazy expensive. Food is often the greatest cost in a wedding budget and can run north of $100 a person. I was a little nervous that we wouldn’t be able to serve great food at our wedding for a reasonable price. With a $10,000 budget and a 110 person guest list, we needed to be way below $100 a person. Even $75 per … [Read more...] about A Very Frugal Wedding: Saving on Food and Photos

10 Tips I Learned From Buying My First Home

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I bought my first home when I was 25 years old. Below are the top 10 lessons I learned from buying a house in my twenties.   1.  Ignore the number on your pre-approval letter. My fiance and I made the mistake of getting loan pre-approval before figuring out our housing budget. We worked with a lender that our friend recommended and were happily surprised to see that we were pre-approved for a $560,000 … [Read more...] about 10 Tips I Learned From Buying My First Home