April had both ups and downs. I got carried away designing quilt patterns to sell on Etsy (hypomania) and burned out of sewing, we spent time with my family before they left for the season, and the weather finally warmed up and we got to soak in some sun!
We also booked all of the lodging and accommodations for our Europe trip this fall which we’re really excited for.
Continue reading “April 2023 Budget Round Up”I’m 28, Mr. Fipolar is 28, and we’re seriously thinking about the next chapter of our lives together. Next year we will have been together for 10 year and well, to be frank, I have baby fever. People around me are starting to have babies and now I want my own little munchkin. It’s not just that I want a baby, I want a family that’s bigger than just me and my husband and dog.
And well, of course, the finances have been on my mind a lot. When we moved to our mountain town, it was still an affordable, low cost of living area. Now, just a few years later, it’s medium bordering on high cost of living. The change is insane and kind of unbelievable. Regardless, we really like it here and the alternative to be close to our parents would be to move back to the Bay Area which is even more unattainable without a tech salary.
Continue reading “The Baby Case Study”I hit CoastFI in my early twenties, bought a house, got a dog, and financed a new car. Somewhere along the way, my okayness with not “looking rich” escaped me. After taking a year off from intensely saving and investing for health reasons, I slipped into being “normal” again. In this case “normal” meant that urge to “keep up with the Jones’s”.
Continue reading “CoastFI and the Urge to “Look Rich””