New Year, Same Blog: Hello 2022!

“Bub-bub Pants” my two-year old daughter says into the Apple TV voice remote. It’s Sunday morning and she’s made her way into our bed looking to watch a hot minute of SpongeBob Square Pants before quickly shifting her focus to heading downstairs for a morning snack. I continue to sit there, now enthralled in theContinue reading “New Year, Same Blog: Hello 2022!”

Smash that Subscribe Button: One Small Way to Save Big Money

How many subscriptions do you think you have? If you were to ask me two months ago I would say 5. The typical Netflix, Amazon, Hulu would come to mind, along with a few others. While once leery of unexpected auto debits from my bank account, I found comfort and convenience in using my creditContinue reading “Smash that Subscribe Button: One Small Way to Save Big Money”

New Year, Same Me: Setting Intentions for a Mindful and Present New Year

Wow, How is it 2021 already? It seems like just yesterday I was writing Carrie Sage, Grade 4, Room 301 on all my checks. [Thanks, Tina Fey for the awesome and appropriate opening line — that, rest assured, I will continue to use for every New Year’s blog until the end of time]. If you’ve followed OG @BankSmartCarrie, youContinue reading “New Year, Same Me: Setting Intentions for a Mindful and Present New Year”

It’s Budget Season Y’all [PART 2]

Now that I’ve had my fill of apple pie and the panic of the upcoming holiday season has set in, it’s time to make a plan for the new year. In Part 1, I confess that my budgeting strategy has not been much of a plan at all. If you didn’t see that delightful bowlContinue reading “It’s Budget Season Y’all [PART 2]”

It’s Budget Season, Y’all [PART 1]

It’s Fall, Ya’ll — Says the awkwardly ubiquitous sign propped up on every farmhouse style mantle in New England. I love Fall. It has this nostalgic feeling of back to school, organizing your 3-subject notebooks, putting on your new school clothes and cracking open a fresh box of crayons. From the fall crisp air toContinue reading “It’s Budget Season, Y’all [PART 1]”