Building the Stake (Finance)

Finance, frugality, and our life with money

The Frugal Poker Player: 6 Tricks to Reduce Costs while Playing Poker
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The Frugal Poker Player: 6 Tricks to Reduce Costs while Playing Poker

Poker is a lot of fun (thus our grand plan to spend a year traveling the country playing poker). Poker can also be very expensive. Most players understand the importance of paying attention to your poker budget or bankroll to ensure that they are playing in games they can afford. However, many players overlook the importance of…

Best Side Hustles: Our Secret to Micro-Hustle Profits

Best Side Hustles: Our Secret to Micro-Hustle Profits

Disclosure: Some of the links on this page are affiliate links. However, we only include affiliate links for products and services that we use and love. For more information, see our Disclosure page. We spend a lot of time looking for the best side hustles to help us move toward our grand plan to travel…

Throwdown Thursday: DIY Projects or Call a Professional?
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Throwdown Thursday: DIY Projects or Call a Professional?

Paul and I try our hardest to be frugal. We do everything we can to save money on groceries, we bought a smaller car to save on gas, and we even created our dream wedding on a tight budget. One area in which we have some difficulty, however, is agreeing whether to take on DIY…

Our Dream Wedding on a Budget in New Orleans
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Our Dream Wedding on a Budget in New Orleans

Paul and I are coming up on the first anniversary of our wedding this month (yep, we’re newlyweds). Did you know that the average wedding cost in the United States last year was over $25,000? Paul and I agreed that we had no interest in spending that kind of money on our wedding. We are…