Category: money

Link Love Monday

How to Escape Materialism and Find Happiness I struggle with materialism but these are some good tips I often employ. I don’t think finding happiness should really be the goal of life, but I still like this post.

I Don’t Want My Children To Be Happy This pretty much explains EXACTLY how I feel about why happiness is not the goal, not for me and not for my kids.

From a Father’s Perspective This is our worship pastor, who recently decided to adopt.  Praise God.  Adoption is ON my heart, y’all.  And the heart of God.

The Email I Don’t Know How To Answer As usual, Kristen’s posts know right where to poke me.  How can we live with so many blessings, knowing there are people starving and suffering?

Embrace Your Authenticity While I do believe we ought to live for God and not for ourselves, He has made us unique and embracing our uniqueness absolutely leads to good things. 

Is It Unbiblical for Moms to Work Full-time Outside The Home? I love John Piper, but he says this should be discouraged and I don’t agree with him.  I don’t always agree with Matthew Paul Turner but on this one I think his post is pretty much right.  It pains me greatly to see the guilt-heaping and divisivness this discussion causes in the body of Christ. (I’m not endorsing the commenters, only the post.)

$50/Week x 45 Years = $1Million Never thought you could really be a millionaire? Check out the math on investing for retirement and why you should be doing it. I may be wanting to use my money for the Lord to help others, but I’m still in favor of managing it wisely.

Frugal Fashionista Friday at White House Black Market

I have been searching high and low for a maxi dress that would look as good on me as all the adorable ones I see on my much thinner friends.  When I have tried a few in the past I ended up looking frumpy and tent-like instead of breezy and sophisticated.  The main thing I wanted was a cute pattern that didn’t give off a bohemian, hippie surfer vibe.  So when this arrived by email in my inbox, I fell in love.  But at that time it was the full price of $158 dollars.  Yeah right.  I can’t tell you the last time I spent that much on a single item of clothing..oh wait, yes I can…never.  But I filed it away in the back of my mind. 
In the meantime I did find some other summer dresses at Target that looked surprisingly cute on me for the low low price of $20 each.  This one shocked me because it’s not something I would normally wear, but it really cute on…not as short or quite as cleavage revealing as on the sky-high model in the photo. It’s not something I would wear to church but for a summer date with my husband it’s perfect.  Trust me when I say the prints and cut are MUCH cuter in person. 
As luck would have it (yeah right) I was driving through La Centerra, our local upscale outdoor mall, and I glanced in the window at White House Black Market and spied the maxi dress shown above.  I couldn’t believe my eyes, but it appeared to be hanging on the beloved SALE rack!  I thought it was impossible because I had just received the email hailing its arrival a week earlier, but I stopped my car and hopped out.  Sure enough, it had been discounted to $59 AND as a member of a local mom’s club in Katy I get an additional 15% discount at that location only.  Score!  How’s that for being a frugal fashionista? While I was in the store I also found this pretty chiffon scarf with three shades of blue for a mere $14.99 (plus my 15% discount).  What you can’t see in the photo are a few sparkly sequins on it that make it right up my ally. 
Have you found a cute summer dress or outfit for a steal? Tell me about it!