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Mini-Vacation Financials: Smoky Mountains Trip for a Wedding

Mini-Vacation Financials: Smoky Mountains Trip for a Wedding

This post as a case study example of how we use our Travel savings account to have a fun (and not too extravagant) weekend away for a wedding and to share some photos from our weekend!   The Plan   Kyle and I received a wedding invitation a few months ago from one of our very best college friends for her wedding in the Smoky Mountains.  Of course we knew we would attend so we just had to decide … Read entire article »

Filed under: budgeting, travel

The Financial Implications of Dropping One Car

The Financial Implications of Dropping One Car

We have decided to become a one-car family!  If you remember, three weeks ago my car wouldn’t start and we found out it needed $1,600 in repairs.  We paid $400 to get it running and evaluated the possibility of relying completely on Kyle’s car until we start working at different places.  (We don’t want to sell the car because it still has a lot of miles left in it.  Kyle will graduate in a year-ish … Read entire article »

Filed under: budgeting, cars, personal