Welcome back to another week of The Teacher's Salary series. Feel free to leave me a comment or send me an email if you have any suggestions for future topics. Click HERE to see links to some of my previous posts from this series. As you may remember from my fall book review post, I recently completed Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace Revisited* book. One of the chapters that resonated with me … [Read more...]
5 Benefits to Setting Financial Goals
I'm so excited to be getting back into my routine and The Teacher's Salary Series posts. Click HERE to see links to some of my previous posts. Yesterday, I posted about My 15 Goals for 2014. If you aren't a goal-setter, perhaps you will consider giving it a try this year? Today is sort of a piggy-back on that topic of goal setting, but I'll be talking a little more specifically about … [Read more...]
The Teacher’s Salary Series: Ways to Save at Christmas {Make Your Gifts}
Today, I'm continuing my Ways to Save at Christmas mini-series. Hopefully by now, you've determined your budgets, you know who is on your gift list, and you have been shopping smarter this year. If you haven't yet, you better GET STARTED! :-) With Christmas being just over two weeks away, now is the time to head towards the finish line. And the good news is … [Read more...]
DIY Photo Coasters
{Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read disclosure here.} When I saw some cute photo coasters on my friend's coffee table a while ago, I knew I had to try and make some myself. Photos are such a fun way to personalize something ordinary like coasters. Since so many people use coasters, why not make them fun?:-) I decided to make some myself back in the spring for Mother's Day gifts … [Read more...]
Saving Money is a Job: 5 Ways to Make it Fun
When I first quit my full-time job and started couponing, I was hooked! I guess you could say that I caught the bug and dove in full force. I enjoyed the thrill and challenge of stretching every hard-earned buck so that we could not only survive on The Teacher's Salary, but thrive! When we sold our first home and moved in with a relative in 2012 while we renovated our new house, I no longer had … [Read more...]