Ease Your Fear of Spending Money with These Simple Tools
Are there times you feel anxious or fearful when you spend money? For me, it creeps up on both small and large purchases. Should I buy that new dress? Am I saving enough money? Is there a better way to spend my money? Will I be a bad personal finance blogger if I splurge? I […]
3 Days in Austin – Music, BBQ and Tacos
In late February, we found ourselves escaping the cold Midwest winter for a 3-day adventure in Austin, TX. The trips where we spend time exploring a city tend to be harder to do on the cheap. But we still like to eat and drink our way through a city that is not Milwaukee on occasion. […]
Take Control of Your Money: What Does it Mean and How to Get Started
I like to say that my life changed when I took control of my money. And, more importantly, I want Cash for Tacos to help you take control of your own money and change your life as well. So what does it mean to take control of your finances? In short, it’s when you know […]
How to Save Money From Your Monthly Salary – A 5-Step Money Plan
Do you want to start saving money but your current lifestyle is eating up your entire salary each month? Maybe you want to build up an emergency fund so that you can relax a bit knowing you can survive a financial hardship or unexpected expense. Maybe you want to save money for a large expense […]
Bare-bones Budget: Why You Need to Create Yours Today
Do you need help finding a way to build up that emergency fund, pay off debt, or navigate through a loss of income? Or are you simply trying to get a handle on your finances? If any of these are true, a bare-bones budget is the tool you need to get started. A bare-bones budget […]
Calming Your Nerves When Facing Your Own Financial Uncertainty
The reality is that we all need money to live. We have rent to pay, loans to pay back, and food to buy. So when our source of income is threatened by some unforeseen circumstance, it’s easy to feel a rush of nerves. It’s a scary situation. But there are steps we can take to […]
9 Tips to Help You Increase Your Money Confidence
Making money decisions, and feeling confident about them, is no easy task. The decisions we make for our money can have long term effects on our financial well-being. And that can be a terrifying realization. Decisions like: How much mortgage can I afford? Is this the best price I can get on airfare? How much […]
Tips and Tricks for Eating Out On the Cheap
Do you love eating out but also want to keep your food expenses down? I feel like I spend a lot of money on food, and I know I could reduce my expenses if I stopped dining out. But that is not something I’m willing to do. There is something about sitting back and relaxing […]
How a Shift in Debt Mindset Can Spark a Financial Transformation
Debt has been a part of my life since college. It started as something I accepted as a normal part of being an adult. Debt was simply what happened when I made a big purchase. And as long as I thought I could pay back the loan, I didn’t think twice about financing my larger […]
Create a Savings Plan You Don’t Resent
Who’s excited to save some money? I am! For the past few years, Mr. Taco and I have chosen a date at the start of the new year to sit down, eat some donuts, and figure out our money plan for the year. This is the day we decide what savings goals we want to […]
How to Combat the Mental Struggle of Saving Money
The slow process of saving money for a major purchase is excruciating. When we want something, we want it now. And gradually saving up for something can feel like an impossible and never ending task. But unless we have a money tree, a stockpile of cash, are willing to steal from another savings goal, or […]
Southwest Companion Pass: Tips and Tricks to Earn Yours Quickly
As of January 16th, Mr. Taco can now fly free with me on any Southwest flight for almost two full years!
Along this journey, I learned a few things. And also came up with a couple of my own tricks to earn the pass as early as possible in 2020 to get nearly two full years of use out of it.