The Financial (Fashion) Planner
Where Personal Finance Meets Fashion
In today’s post, I plan on addressing some common myths about financial planning. Over the years of going to networking events and introducing myself as a financial planner, I have received puzzling looks and have been asked some great questions about financial planning. What I have come to realize is that the concept of a [...]
As I've shared in past posts, my husband and I accomplished a big SMART Goal for 2020 by purchasing a home. This was a goal we had carefully planned for over the past two years and are thrilled to put a check mark next to buying a home early next month. It was a long [...]
Growing up I wanted to be either an interior or fashion designer. My love for interior design was sparked by hours of watching Trading Spaces after school, creating floor plans for my childhood bedroom, and building custom houses on The Sims (anyone else!?) My love for fashion design was inspired by my mother making my [...]
I am a huge proponent of the 50/30/20 approach to budgeting (see below). This is a great place to start the budgeting process if this is your first attempt at budgeting and have no other baseline to follow. The budgeting style I am covering in this post are for those had started tracking their spending [...]
The past few weeks I've been giving personal finance presentations to a few companies and social groups. Each presentation starts off the same. It starts off with the importance of tracking expenses in the pursuit of building a budget. Having a strong grasp on your family's cash flow is the foundation to making good financial [...]