Special Occasions Archives - Traveling Wallet

17Dec 2015 by The Roamer 2 Comments

Weekly Pain & Gain: The Free Tree

The weekly pain & gain series has been a nice addition this year that has really spurned me to post more frequently. So I am going to try and finish the year off strong by not missing any posts for the rest of the year. and the rest of the year sounds a lot like this..... " for the holidays you can't beat home sweet home" ah its the Holiday season and the radio has been playing music it seems like non stop. We are hustling and bustling but mostly with unpacking tasks and not necessarily with gobs and gobs of shopping. Which segues nicely to this weeks pain. Pain We have since moved all our belonging to the new apt. However, this doesn't mean we are all done. No…

27Nov 2015 by The Roamer No Comments

Guest post on the Plutus Finalist blog, Even Steven Money

Finance, Special Occasions

Lots of great things come from starting up a blog on personal finance and some of us even venture into the realm of Financial independence. The biggest benefit is hearing about other people who are making big changes and reaching their goals. It's reasuring to know there are people out there just like you and me dreaming big and making those dreams a reality. I got to meet a bunch of these inspirational people at this year's FinCon and one of them was Even Steven. And let me tell you something, when people blog anonymously or behind a caricature its always an anticipated moment to see what people really look like. So if you were ever wondering what Even Steven looks like, let me break the tension. He looks just like…

26Oct 2015 by The Roamer 1 Comment

Weekly Pain & Gain: Halloween and Dancing

Family, Savvy Spending, Special Occasions, Weekly Pain & Gain

This month is really one of my favorites. I really have lots of fun during Halloween. Pain October has had some un welcome surprises in the automotive department. Like I mentioned we are in the process of getting ready for a move and things have gotten a little harder thanks to car issues. Currently we are down to one vehicle and because of our imminent move this has caused a lot of issues. This automotive issue is being felt with time limitations and later will be felt with our wallet. However, the dollars are less of an inconvenience then the time constraints. Right now we are in serious need of flexibility but instead we are now more constrained. UGH! the timing couldn't be more off. It is frustrating and truly…

07Aug 2015 by The Roamer 7 Comments

FinCon 2015, Help!

Finance, Savvy Spending, Special Occasions

Just a little over a month away FinCon 2015 is hot on my mind. I'm starting to get nervous for multiple reasons. You see like any good personal financier I am getting worried about the numbers. What is going to be my ROI? How will I make sure its good? Though we can afford it in one sense, it is a big investment. I mean there's the conference pass, the hotel stay, the plane ticket, lifts to and from the airport, food. There's a lot of money tied into this thing. But its not just that, there are other costs too, specially in the realm of time. My vacation time and weekend both things that are for my family won't be. My husband and I will have to go 12 days…

26Nov 2014 by The Roamer 4 Comments

Lets give thanks

Parenthood, Special Occasions

Happy Thanksgiving Hi everyone. We prepped the Turkey today and got other things ready for tomorrow night. We are hosting our thanksgiving and I'm looking forward to having people over for delicious food and family games. Maybe we'll play Pictionary, Euchre or some Wizard. Since it is Thanksgiving time, today I wanted to take the time and talk about the things I am thankful for. There are many things. My Children [caption id="attachment_431" align="aligncenter" width="168" class=" "] Have to make sure the little ones are taken care of.[/caption] To be able to come home to my kids and spend time with them. It doesn't happen everyday that I get this feeling, but I still get days where I look at them and am blow away and so overwhelmed. It seems…

19Nov 2014 by The Roamer 4 Comments

This Year Lets Focus on Thanksgiving not Gift Giving

Parenthood, Special Occasions

On today's travel we walk carefully, opening and closing our wallet through the treacherous holiday season. An open letter from the Roamer about the Holidays. Just recently I was thinking about how Thanksgiving is getting closer and that of course means that Black Friday is around the corner. As the holidays get closer you are probably starting to think about all the gifts you need to purchase. You are excited! Shopping is so much fun and gift giving is even better. Right? And all those bills you'll have to pay off next January, those are just a minor inconvenience. Right? What about getting gifts? Just thinking of all the gifts you'll get, makes you so happy! You never get stuff you don't like. Well except for those silly salt and…

09Nov 2014 by The Roamer 3 Comments

Design your own Wedding dress

Finance, Maximizing money, Savvy Spending, Special Occasions

Hi everyone today at Traveling Wallet we will be talking about wedding dress design. Design your own wedding dress Let's talk about why you would want to Tips for how to Why design your own dress? The Cost Do you know the range for the cost of already made wedding dresses? The average is $1,100 But designer dresses can even be north of $6,000. ( Boing, as eyes pop out of sockets) The average cost would have been 20% of my budget. I designed my own wedding dress and as it were my actual dress cost was $173. Which was more like 4% of my total cost. Its funny I thought that designing your own stuff meant it would be more expensive. Guess I was wrong. Uniqueness I'm going to…

27Oct 2014 by The Roamer 7 Comments

Fun on the Fly: How not to Vacation

Special Occasions, Travel

The fancy pants trip to Wisconsin. We recently returned form a very short adult only vacation. We traveled to Wisconsin from California to attend one of my friend's wedding. It was great to see people and catch up again. Since we were on vacation we threw caution to the wind and spent freely. I knew it was going to be painful to see the numbers added up later. [caption id="attachment_416" align="aligncenter" width="168" class=" "] It was lovely![/caption] Vacations can be very expensive when you get caught with your pant down. In other word when you're not prepared. I am not adept with purchasing flights with points but I still think we got a good deal with the flights. However, after that everything else was poorly planned. Trip Costs The Flights…

11Oct 2014 by The Roamer 10 Comments

A Wedding or A Marriage? Part 1

Counter Culture, Finance, Special Occasions

Here at the Traveling Wallet I am trying to talk about the journeys we go through in life, and one of the many stops people encounter is indeed the wedding. At 27 I'm at the age where everyone seems to be getting married or having babies. Seriously its every where. But today I'd like to focus on marriage, lets start with a story. Maybe you've had a conversation like this lately maybe not but what's the first thing to talk about when there is a proposal and therefore a marriage on the horizon. Well The ring of course... what follows is an actual conversation Coworker " I'm going to propose to Jenny*, how much did you spend on your wife's ring?" "I spent about $300 on it" Coworker "Oh I'm…

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