You guys have graciously followed my credit card journey for a year and a half now. You supported me when I departed from the anti-credit card stance that I had long held, learned with me as I adjusted to new ways of maintaining our budget now that almost every purchase was put on credit cards, …
After being convinced that the credit card I was recently approved for was lost in the mail, I finally received it Friday last week. The next morning, I applied and was approved for my fourth credit card in a little less than a year. This may sound a little reckless, especially if you’re from the …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. It’s been almost exactly a year since I signed up for my very first credit card since I was 18. This was a huge, groundbreaking decision for my husband and me. One that took months of conversations, consideration, nudging from me and compromise …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. My husband and I just got back from a two-week stay in Russia to attend the FIFA World Cup – the first international trip for both of us. Let me be more specific. We just got back from 44 hours of sitting in …
Being raised in the south, I sometimes forget that sports other than (American) football exist. Therefore, when I woke up that morning on the floor of my friend’s finished basement to the sound of heavily accented commentators and cheering, chanting fans after a sleepover one hot summer night, I was confused. It wasn’t so much …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. Remember my post right before the new year about getting my first credit card since I was 18? So that we could try our hand at travel hacking? And how it was such a major, out-of-our-comfort-zone decision for my debt-averse husband and me? …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. I have big news that may surprise many, disappoint some, underwhelm several and excite others. For the first time since I was 18 – and after over a decade of condemning them as evil traps – I signed up for and was approved …
