I hope everyone had a great holiday! We had a busy but nice time that included a family road trip to Florida. Nothing like the four of us crammed in an SUV for what ended up being a 13-hour drive! Fun!! I had a new makeover I was going to work on in December, but […]
budgeting
TIPS + ADVICE FOR DECORATING A TEEN/TWEEN BEDROOM
As I mentioned a little while ago, I am giving my tween daughter’s bedroom a makeover. My apologies for how slow this project is coming! The delay has been a result of a combination of many TOTALLY unexpected things, including dealing with a fire in our home (yes, we had a fire in our garage […]
NEW PROJECT #1: A BATHROOM RENO ON A BUDGET
Good morning lovely readers! My apologies for how long it’s been since my last post! I decided to take some time this summer to work on purging and organizing some areas around my house. I’m rather OCD about this kind of thing so it took me a little awhile, but it feels so good to have […]
WHEN TO SPLURGE + WHEN TO SAVE
When it comes to budgeting for a wedding many brides are told to use the splurge and save strategy. The idea is to splurge in some areas of the wedding, and then balance that spending by cutting costs in other areas. This concept is meant to allow the bride to enjoy what she really wants on […]