the road to debt-free

It’s been just a couple of weeks since I cut up the credit cards, and I’m looking forward to my debt-free future with renewed enthusiasm!
Yes, it was hard. I wanted to convince myself that I could keep one card in a draw somewhere because I would surely have a future emergency that necessitated the [...]

and …. we’re back

We survived no less than FOUR cab rides in Chicago! I feel quite accomplished!
Before I update on our last day in the windy city, I have a shopping triumph to report:
After being in Chicago for 3 days, I really needed to get some REAL bargains at the grocery store – my budget for the month [...]

I feel so accomplished!

It didn’t come at the beginning of the year, this feeling. At least not at the start of the calendar year. This little mini-phenomenon, I believe, came at the start of the Chinese New Year.
So, is it a coincidence that this is the Year of the Ox, and my chinese astrological sign is the ox? [...]