Tag: saving

Northern Expressions: Savings Muscles

On April 29, 2016

“The savings habit is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it will be. No one expects you to start with a fifty-pound weight when you first go to the gym. That’s why the one-pound weight exists.”

Today’s Northern Expression comes from The Index Card by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack. I really enjoyed this book and think it is a perfect book to recommend to financial newbies. It introduces all of the important things in simple, actionable sections. I hope you’re inspired to start small and grow big savings muscles! Happy Friday, friends!

Love, Maggie

I Found the Hairbands and Saved Money!

By MaggieBanks

On February 15, 2016

In Personal Finance

Sarah over at The Yachtless wrote a poignant piece that was featured on Rockstar Finance called Small Things about losing hairbands and tracking your spending. This is a response to that awesome blog post.

Hey Sarah, Maggie here.

I’m just writing to tell you I found them! Yes, ALL the hairbands.

This was a pretty big week for me. Mr. T and I cleared out our bathrooms and our kitchen cabinets. Both of these things we figured would take a couple of hours total, but they ended up being a much bigger deal than we anticipated. I was in that bathroom for hours. And, just as you supposed, every dark corner hid at least a couple of hairbands.