The Key to a Successful Financial Plan: Flexibility

As I mentioned yesterday, we just found out that my wife is pregnant. That means that all the plans I had for this year are toast as we now have bigger priorities.
But it’s ok. I built my plans to be flexible. I didn’t write my budgets or savings plans in stone, we’re [...]

Big Changes Coming to the Caveman Household

Saturday morning, awoken this morning by a screech. I had intended to sleep in a bit since I had a long week, but this wasn’t my alarm going off and it wasn’t a car outside. No, this screech came from the master bathroom.
Waking up to that kind of noise is distressing, at the very least. [...]

The Year of the “Broke Christmas”

For the first time in our marriage, I’m actually going to have to stick to the gifting budget we set for each other. We have always set a modest budget (around $100) for Christmas gifts for each other, but I have always thrown that out the window. My wife did a good job [...]