All Posts Browse by category in the dropdown, or check out the full list of posts I’ve ever written below. Categories Select Category BLOGGING (5) CREDIT CARDS (14) HOW TO (24) INVESTING (12) LIFE & PERSONAL (47) MAKING MONEY (10) MONEY DIARIES (19) RELATIONSHIPS (11) SAVING (39) SHOPPING (50) TRAVEL (25) WEDDINGS (8) 2020 My Weekend Money Diary #18: Socializing in the Time of Coronavirus My DIY NYC Rental Kitchen Makeover–No Paint, No Reno What Day Is It? Life and Money During a Pandemic My Weekend Money Diary #17: Activate Beast-Mode Planning Ask Luxe: “Should I Buy ETFs or Mutual Funds?” What I Learned from Tracking Every Penny I Spent for a Month Quality Clothes: How to Buy Better Sweaters + Make the Most of Your Money Six Game-Changing Money Mindsets for 2020 2019 Shopping Roundup: All the Clothes I Bought and My 2020 Wardrobe Resolutions2019 The Logistics of Sharing Finances: How We Created an Argument-Free Money System My Weekend Money Diary #16: A Perfect NYC Day as a Resident Tourist 2019 Holiday Gift Guide: 33 Chic Gift Ideas by Personality A 12-Day Road Trip Through Tuscany, Italy: Costs and Itinerary Ideas What’s Up With My Money, October 2019 The Minimalist’s Guide to Dressing for Work (With Real Outfit Pics) Weekend Roundup: My Favorite Reads, Inspiration, and Shopping Picks Parachute, Brooklinen, Riley and Snowe Review: The End-All Guide to Buying Sheets Demystifying Crazy Confusing Credit Scores and How I Manage Mine The Quality Items I’ve Decluttered and Why My Caprani Lamp: Investing in Furniture Non-Obvious International Travel Tips for Beginners My Weekend Money Diary #15: A New York City Bachelorette Outing DIY: Making a $15 Stool Look Way More Expensive The Important Thing About Money That Has Nothing to Do With Money Accidental Mega-Sale Roundup: The Best Stuff Leftover from the Memorial Day Sales I’m Recreating My Favorite Spring Looks for Less Than $100 My Weekend Money Diary #14: Conversations with Friends How to Get Free One-Way Flights with this Little-Known United Airlines Perk “High Spend Alert!”: The Message That Plagued Me in Q1 How Much Should You Really Spend on Housing? Secondhand Online Shopping: The Best Things to Buy and Where Saving Money Isn’t About Saying No–It’s About Saying Yes Acorns Review: Is This Investing App Worth It? 2018 Annual Clothing Roundup: What I Bought in Q3-4 (and a Giveaway) My Weekend Money Diary #13: Beautifying My Life The Money Moves I’m Making in 2019 My $6,000 Mistake–and How My Credit Card Saved Me My Favorite Reader Comments from 2018 How I Deal When I’m Not 100% Feeling My Job Cost Breakdown: An Elevated Two-Week Trip Through Southeast Asia How to Effectively Ask for a Raise (from Someone Who’s Done It Twice) Hello from Southeast Asia: A Postcard from Vietnam and Laos2018 Ask Luxe: What Do I Do with My Old 401k (When My New Plan Sucks)? How My Moth Problem Was a Money Lesson in Disguise I Spent $900 on Black Friday Sales and I’m OK With It The 2018 Holiday Gift Guide: 36 Gift Ideas That Would Impress Even Me The Best First-Time Rewards Credit Cards–By Spend-Level & Personality What My Life Looked Like on a $58K Income in NYC The 10 Wardrobe Essentials I Happily Buy Over and Over Again My Weekend Money Diary #12: Busted Knees, Wi-Fi, and Apartment Dreams Six Ways I Use Mint to Maximize My Money How to Shop at Thrift Stores: 10 Tips for Finding the Hidden Gems How My Spending Changed When I Got Married Why I’m Glad I Got a “Worthless” Liberal Arts Degree My Weekend Money Diary #11: Making Up for Lost Shopping Time How I Saved 50% Off a Week-Long Trip to Iceland: No Camping Required 10 Must-Have Fashion Items That I Don’t Buy Iceland Summer Packing List: A Stylish Week in Iceland, Carry On Only Jewel: A Hack for Saving Money on Luxury and Cool Indie Brands How Spending My Way Through NYC Taught Me What I Value How Luxury Can Be a Dangerous Game (and How Not to Get Sucked In) My Favorite Budget Travel Tips for People Who Don’t Want to Travel Hack Frugal, Actually: My Five Latest Money Wins Questioning the American Dream: Why I’m Not Obsessed with Buying a House How to Find Real-Life Side Hustle Ideas That Aren’t a Waste of Time My Weekend Money Diary #10: The Totally Fun and Budget-Friendly Getaway I Almost Missed Out On My July Sale Picks: Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale and Under-the-Radar Finds My Investing Hierarchy: A Breakdown of My Accounts Oops, I Just Impulse-Bought Two more Vacations This Year Six Month Shopping Check-In: What I Bought, What’s on My Wishlist My Weekend Money Diary #9: A Frugal-Luxe Anniversary Trip to Miami How I Learned to Talk about Money The #1 Question I Ask Myself Before Making a Clothing Purchase Life and Money Advice I Wish I Knew When I Was 22 The One Thing I Wished I Had Growing Up That Cost Almost Nothing Poshmark Vs. eBay Vs. Depop: The Ultimate Resale Site Showdown My Responsible Plan for Buying an Expensive, Useless Watch How to Be Passively Aggressive With Your Money (on Any Income) Alice Gao: How the Jet-Setting Photographer Does Money My Weekend Money Diary #8: Here West Elm, Take All My Money Are Cash Back Sites Sketchy, or an Underrated Way to Save Money? How to Talk to Your Partner About Money…When They’d Rather Talk About Literally Anything Else How My Financial Anxiety Turned Into Confidence When You Should Save and When You Should Splurge How to Be Spontaneous Without Wrecking Your Budget A Year in Blogging: The Luxe Strategist Turns 1 Five Ways I Frugalized My Weekend How I Keep My Beauty Spending in Check Travel Hacking 101: How It Affects Your Credit and Other Burning Questions My Weekend Money Diary #7: Going Costco Crazy + Serendipitous Shopping We Tried a Cash-Only Diet for Food. Here’s What Happened. Thing My Mom Said: “What If He Finds a New Wife?” My Biggest Financial Regrets (from a Person Who Never Regrets Anything) How I Pick My 401k Funds in Just 15 Minutes Why I Track My Shopping Decisions – My 2017 Roundup My Weekend Money Diary #6: Four Days in LA Without a Budget How a Non-Rich Person Started Investing, and Why You Should Start, Too The Creative Way I Bought an Affordable Home in Los Angeles 22 Ways to Live Luxuriously on a Budget Two Weeks in New Zealand: Extremely Far, Cheaper Than You Think My Weekend Money Diary #5: The Bomb Cyclone Edition My Super Easy Financial To-Do List for 2018 2017 Goals Recap: Did I Really Crush It?2017 Dear New York, Here Are 5 Things I Hate About You The Best Money I’ve Ever Spent How I Ditched My YOLO Lifestyle and Got My Finances on Track in Just One Year An Actually Practical Guide to Shopping for High-Quality Clothes Three Questions I Use to Avoid Impulse-Buying Traps How I Travel to Expensive Places for Cheap How I Got a Job in Fashion with No Experience 2017 Gift Guide: 20 Affordable Gifts for Discerning Millennials I Just Spent $3,000 in Three Weeks. Here’s How I’m Dealing With It. Clueless About Saving? Here Are Seven Steps to Start. How to Care for Your Clothes So They Last Lately: Blogs I Like, Travel Planning, and Controversial Money Tips My Weekend Money Diary #4: The Monopoly Chance Card Edition I Grew Up Poor, But I’m Privileged Anyway My Favorite Credit Card Perk You Might Not Know About I Wasn’t a Born Saver, Here’s How I Learned The Anatomy of a $60 T-Shirt Purchase Forget Paris, This Should Be on Your Bucket List Instead My Honest Thoughts After Six Months of Blogging Battle Scars of a Blogger Husband Five Things I Learned Taking a Break from New York City How I Bought a Canada Goose Jacket and Saved $215 My Student Loan Story Was Lame: How I’d Pay It Off Now Five Things I’m Cheap As Hell About Teardown: Am I Really Saving Money by Packing Lunches? Negotiate Your Salary, Please: You Owe It to Yourself My Weekend Money Diary #3: Busting My Clothing Budget What My Immigrant Mom Can Teach You About Money Fall Shopping: Six Steps to a Wardrobe You Love Without Overspending The One Thing to Do Today If You’re Tired of Being Bad with Money Nine Things I Do That Have Radically Simplified My Life A New York City Wedding for Less than $14,000 The Problem With Having a Funny-Sounding Name We Had Our Wedding: Does Our Money Have to Get Married, Too? Buying Expensive Clothes Is Not Just About Status Symbols How I Plan to Crush My 2017 Goals How to Sell Clothes on eBay Better than Everyone Else Three of My Biggest Job Mistakes and How to Avoid Them How I Bought My Wedding Outfits from eBay and Saved 70% My Financial Map: Exactly How I Manage My Money My Weekend Money Diary: Edition #2 I Don’t Have an Engagement Ring and I’m Not a Loser How to Save When You Live in New York City Five Things I Bought That Were Total Fails Credit Cards Are My Best Friend. Why Aren’t They Yours? A Family Trip to Hawaii for Less Than $2000 Total How I’m Saving Over $16,000 on My Wedding by Rethinking This One Thing Exactly How to Afford Designer Clothes Without a Benefactor Five Ways My Poor Mom Set Me Up for a Rich Life How My $140 APC Jeans Are a Frugal Buy Why You Should Save for Your Wedding, Even If You’re Single How I Survived a Relationship with a Frugalista My Weekend Money Diary: Edition #1 How to Live a Luxe Life…and Still Save Money I Might Say Yes to the Dress, But Probably Not The Meandering Path of a Financial Late Bloomer Travel Hacking Hawaii: How I Booked Four Flights to Maui for $45 Budget Weddings: Five Dresses Under $500 You Can Buy Right Now So What’s the Point of Saving If Life Is Great Right Now? How Much Do You Spend on Clothes? Saving Half My Income on Less Than a Six-Figure Salary How I Moved to New York City and What I Spent the First Three Months And So It BeginsTweetShare4Pin37 Shares
