One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Minimize Expenses

Following Instagram posts can make you feel like other moms are either made of money or have sugar daddies funding their lifestyles. I can assure you. I have neither. There is nobody funneling money into my household except for me. And because I was an economics major and my dad was a banker, I am keenly aware of cash flow, assets and liabilities, and expenditures. Still, sometimes, I forget how expensive life can be. It's not because I lied about having a sugar daddy or have a trust fund.  It is because I am frugal. Indeed, being conscious of expenditures is integrated into my lifestyle.  I know that it is gauche to discuss money and yet, I feel compelled to share some thoughts.

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: A trip down memory lane (#Halloween #TBT)

English: Friendly pumpkin Svenska: Vänlig pumpa
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In our family, my sister is the Halloween fanatic. She gets way into it. She's the kind of girl who starts planning her costume a year in advance. I am more mellow. However, I do like to have a good time.  Below are a list of some Halloween themed posts...

Enjoy!

Halloween Memories

Sep 26, 2014
One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to pick out pumpkins with my daughter. It's not a tradition we had growing up. However, Andre got us in the habit of doing it and now I'm hooked!

Mommy Mondays: Preparing for Halloween - Chaton's World
Oct 23, 2012
Mommy Mondays: Preparing for Halloween. I consider sunny days in Pittsburgh akin to holidays. Today was a sunny day in Pittsburgh and I was thrilled! I greeted the day by seeing our jack-o-lanterns. They made me smile ...
Nov 01, 2013
Thanks to Andre, now that I've become a mom, I no longer view Halloween as a day. I view it as a season. A a few weeks ago we ventured to the pumpkin farm as has become our tradition. We walked around in the mud, took ...
Nov 05, 2012
On Saturday night Halloween finally came to Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Because of the rain and fear that accompanied Hurricane Sandy on October 31st , the City of Pittsburgh postponed trick-or-treating until Saturday, ...

October 30, 2007
Sometimes you need a reminder that things don't have to be serious all of the time...
http://chatonsworld.blogspot.com/2007/10/halloween-aint-just-for-kids.html

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