A Little More About Me

Happy Wednesday, hump day and last day in July everyone! Before I jump in and share some random tidbits about myself, I wanted to share that today is the day my husband and I are getting our cash envelope ready for our August food/eating out budget envelope! I don’t know why I am so excited, but I think the challenge is bringing out my competitive spirit and I just want to see how well we can do on truly slicing this food spend in half! You can read about how we track our expenses here, and why we decided to challenge ourselves this month.

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WELCOME to My Two Cents Blog!

Welcome

Hi everyone, I’m Lisa, a late twenty-something from the Midwest, a wife to my grade school sweetheart, mom of two toddlers (ages 4 and 2) and a soon to be newborn! I quit my marketing job after the birth of my son nearly two years ago which has allowed me to see both sides of the coin of being in the professional workplace and now being at home with my kids. Neither are easy, but both are rewarding and I want to share my love of what I do as a stay at home Mom, how-to’s in terms of tips, tricks and insights in the realms of faith, family and home life, budgeting, food and recreating expensive looks for less.

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