Once Omar proposed and we went into wedding mode, we had many things to take into consideration. There were plenty of conversations that went something like... Kim: Should I continue trying to pay off my student loans or only focus on saving for the wedding? Omar: How will we pay for this wedding? We have to try to pay cash since I paid cash for your engagement ring. Kim: Might as well keep the trend going! Besides, I don't want any bills later as a reminder just in case something goes Continue Reading
The Best Money We Ever Spent: Our Debt Free Wedding Story
Since it's the first day of spring and officially wedding season, I figured I would share our debt free wedding story. Weddings can be very expensive and time-consuming to plan. However, anything is possible when you put your mind to it. We actually planned our wedding ourselves (of course I did most of the legwork) and decided early on that we didn't want to go into debt to have our wedding. We used the budget tool on Wedding Wire to help us stay organized when it came to our budget. And we Continue Reading
9 Helpful Tips You Need To Know When Buying A Home
1. Make A List: Must Haves vs Nice To Have Make a list of your must haves vs nice to haves. However, remember to be flexible, to an extent, once you start to look at homes. When we made our list for our first home we focused on our must-haves. As we started to view homes we realized that although some things were must-haves, if the home didn't have every single must-have then that was ok as long as it was something we were willing to compromise on for that particular house. For example, Continue Reading
