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 Working Mom's Ode to Fall...

Boots, the best thing about Fall...
My daughter's preschool learned a poem that goes:

Winter 
Spring
Summer
Fall
These are the seasons know them all!

While they won't be winning a Pulitzer or anything for it, it's a reminder that seasons change just like Expose said they do. Now we are in the middle of Fall and Winter is approaching. It's reminds me of a piece I wrote about Fall (my favorite season for fashion) last year. I wanted to share it before the season ended and we entered my least favorite season. I actually don't know if Winter is anybody's favorite season, unless they're a penguin...

The First Day of Fall: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania skyline photograph, taken from the West End Overlook. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Everyone knows that I have ha...

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