• Saving

    Save Money Today: Mint Mobile

    If you’ve been reading my monthly financial updates, you’ll know that we in the FIby35 household are big fans of saving money where we can so we can splurge in areas of our budget that matter more to us. You’ll also know that one of those areas we save big…

  • Travel

    Travel Hack Recap: Charlotte, NC

    I’m starting to realize just how important travel is in our lives now that I’m documenting each trip we take. In this case, it was a solo trip for me to meet a buddy for a short weekend so we could use up some expiring points and hotel nights. What…

  • Travel

    Travel Hack Recap: Las Vegas, NV – Round 2

    What started as an innocent little jaunt to Phoenix to celebrate my birthday turned into a wild (for our standards) trip full of last-minute decisions and unplanned debauchery. Just hours before we were supposed to board our flight back home to Minneapolis, we called an audible and flew to Las…

  • Financial Updates

    May 2021 Financial Update

    The month of May has come and gone – quite quickly, in my opinion. We spent nearly half the month in beautiful Hawaii, which will require multiple blog posts on its own to recap everything we did and how much it cost. On top of that, May included due dates…