Personal finance
Our last round of IVF
In 2021 when I went through IVF to have our second child, we ...
Personal finance
Save My Cents Features: Ruowen Huang Livestream, The Jeff Kung Show
Save My Cents is honored to have been featured on the Ruowen Huang ...
Personal finance
What accounts can you use to save for kids?
There are 3 main buckets that kids’ accounts fall into: Save for education ...
Travel
A $25K ten-day luxury trip to Japan
Introduction Every year, the Save My Cents (Shang and her husband) take a ...
Travel
Hawaii: 8 days, 7 nights, 4 adults, 2 kids
This is our fourth trip to Hawaii, and the one where we brought ...
Capsule wardrobe
My 2023 Clothing Spend
We’re back for one of the annual blogs which is a summary of ...
Personal finance
How much extra do our two kids add to the monthly budget?
Now that it’s been a year of having two kids, I have a ...
Personal finance
We’ve spent over $90K on what?
Since October 2020, the Save My Cents have spent more than $90K in ...
Early Retirement
Featured: My FIRE story on Bankrate
I’m very pleased to let you know that my story to FIRE has ...
Retirement
Should I wait to do a rollover if my investments are down?
Great question recently from a coaching client: “I am about to move forward ...
Travel
Our nearly $20K 10-year anniversary trip
Fall 2023 was when the Save My Cents celebrated 10 years married. For ...
Personal finance
Low cost Orange County family things to do
I’ve now lived in Orange County, California for a year. It’s flown by ...
Personal finance
Featured: HuffPost, BankRate, and CNBC Select
The Huffington Post recently published an article you’ve gotta see that is full ...
Personal finance
Update: our monthly non-rent costs in Socal
The theme of this post is: Lifestyle inflation! {for new readers, BB = ...
Personal finance
Save My Cents featured on BlogHer
Save My Cents was featured by BlogHer in its insightful article “Women Leaders ...
Early Retirement
Why I left the corporate life
“You should write your obituary and then try to figure out how to ...
Personal finance
Personal finance creators and resources on FIRE and debt free living
Save My Cents helps people with their money one cent at a time ...
Personal finance
Is this $1,700 baby bassinet worth renting?
Both my kids are horrible sleepers as infants. There’s no such thing as ...
Personal finance
Save My Cents featured in Nasdaq and Motherly
Save My Cents was highlighted in recent articles on Nasdaq and Motherly. Read ...
Personal finance
The most expensive gift I bought myself
I don’t own a lot of stuff for myself. Nor does hubby. Yes, ...
Investing
Your financial advisor is not legally required to invest in your best interest
Did you read that right? Yep. There is no law in the United ...
Travel
A $6,500 resort vacation in Kauai – we spent $700
Travel hacking is when you use reward points (from credit cards, loyalty programs) ...
Personal finance
Give Her Dollars podcast ft. Save My Cents
I am so excited that I was able to spend time with Thamina ...