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How to Fit Date Night Into Your Budget

How to Fit Date Night Into Your Budget

Some people think that when you’re on a budget or trying to get out of debt that your supposed to stop enjoying some of lifes pleasures cold turkey. . This is absolutely a not true! That’s like telling someone trying to get in shape that eating one candy bar after 5 weeks of intense dieting and exercising is going to put them back at square one. It’s called balance and planning. You can still travel, dine out, shop, and do the things you enjoy, but you have to plan for it. Whenever I sit down and do a Broke on…

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The Best Buy Wedding Registry is Something for Him and Her.

The Best Buy Wedding Registry is Something for Him and Her.

Sponsored Post  One of the most exciting things after you’ve said yes to the proposal,  and finally nailed down a date for your upcoming nuptials is the registering of the gifts. Usually, the Bride is way more excited about this than the Groom as this is when their inner Martha Stewart comes out.   So you go to big box stores or a local department store and you pick out your vases, linens, kitchen gadgets, and, of course, the fine China. You know the fine China that you’ll probably be too afraid to use and probably never will use until…

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Five Ways to Love Yourself This Month.

Five Ways to Love Yourself This Month.

The month of February holds a lot of Klout. It’s the shortest calendar month of the year, the month in which the United States decides that Black History is important, and it’s also the month that host Valentine’s Day. The one day of the year where society says it is okay for you to publicly shower  gifts upon your significant other and for those who are single to question their greatness and wonder why they are single. I’ve never been a huge fan of Valentine’s Day as I believe you should be shown and reminded that you are loved 364 days…

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Date Night in With K-Y® YOURS+MINE.

Date Night in With K-Y® YOURS+MINE.

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #YoursandMine #CollectiveBias Valentines is almost here and sadly I don’t get excited about it. My husband quickly realized that he didn’t need to jump through hoops to impress me on Valentine’s day. He just had to show me he loved me the other 364 days in the year and I would be fine. Though this necklace he hid in the refrigerator for me to find this past Valentines Day did kind of get me all sappy and feeling romantic. I abhor going out…

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How to Survive a Long Distance Marriage.

How to Survive a Long Distance Marriage.

When my husband told me that he was going to begin traveling with his job I thought nothing of it. To be honest, I reveled in the idea of being able to have some time off from my wifely duties of cooking and having to deal with household stuff immediately. I was excited at the thought of me having four whole days to myself. I could come home from work and not worry about what was going to be for dinner, I would be able to sleep in my bed without waking up to loud snorts or snores, I could…

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