the green chest

Author: Shannon

  • anita bing on saving, budgeting and living life

    Now that I’m heading (or being forcibly pushed) into the final month of this savings challenge, I’d like to share some advice that my awesome, brilliant Certified Public Accountant and entrepreneurial friend Anita gave me about saving and budgeting. Her advice is truly excellent, and I’m going to try my hardest to follow it. ($600 to go!) Because…

  • the halfway mark

    I haven’t been looking forward to this post. I usually like checking in on my savings, but you see… I already know I’m a little behind. So this post is going to be part update, part inspirational talk. To myself. Please bear with me. Here we go. Dear Shannon: Budgeting can be a woodsy, uphill…

  • fact friday rio: coconut water

    Fresh coconut water is delicious. wait, that’s not a fact. Fresh coconut water is sold by the beaches in Rio and it’s really good for you. that’s better. I went to Rio for a weekend in March-ish of 2008, and one of my strongest memories of the trip is fresh coconut water. It was so…