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June 20, 2022 We’re officially kicking off our first blog post with a quick introduction to us – Krystal and Alisa recently got engaged, adopted an adorable pup, began graduate programs, and bought a house, all while working full time!
When it comes to money, we both try to be strategic in the decisions made; both with our individual debt and also joint debt. While we bought a house in a crazy housing market when seeing the rising rent costs across Milwaukee, buying a house was the better option for us. Strategic thinking also went into our individual decisions to decide to go to Grad school as we wanted more doors to open for us along on career paths. With these significant life changes, we wanted to join Project Money in hopes of better preparing for our future.One of the goals we brought up when applying for Project Money was that we wanted to gain the tools and knowledge to be able to navigate rising costs. With the crazy gas prices and noticeable rising food costs, among other inflated expenses, seems that joining Project Money couldn’t have come at a better time for us. When we met our financial coach this past week, we talked about how we want to reduce our weekly grocery bill by setting a budget and implementing cost-saving measures such as growing some of our own produce this summer, taking advantage of farmer’s markets, and creating weekly meal plans, to name a few. We’re excited to be a part of Project Money and look forward to sharing with you all our journey over the coming months! You might also be interested in Whew and wow! This has been quite a challenging and eye-opening process! It has been very hard to do this project as part of a couple when both of us appear... During the week of November 23, we wrote about how we were going to look into options for cost-saving measures. One of those measures was to analyze any... This past weekend, we took our annual trip down to Chicago, which was also paired with a trip to the theater. With being in Project Money, have been more... Something that stands out lately are the number of outlets competing for one’s time, attention, and especially our hard earned money. I don’t know about... If it wasn't so cold out right now, we might not believe that the end of the year is fast approaching, but alas – it is! With that, we have been starting... Initially, we weren’t sure exactly what to write about for this week’s blog post. However, the subject came to us this past weekend as we were reviewing... Many of us enjoy hosting parties with friends and family for seasonal activities and Holidays but don’t want to break the bank doing so! For me and Krystal... I don't know about you, but I, Krystal, grew up in a pretty cold house during winter. We lived in a rural-ish area where natural gas did not run, thus... One thing we’re still working through is being a bit more proactive about unexpected house costs. Sure, we have small savings account for house expenses...