Our Story

Rewind back to January 2020. I was 9 months pregnant with our first, COVID was just a whisper in the news cycle, and our financial strategy was... if I’m being really honest… pretty passive.

But in just 2 short months, all of that would change. COVID would become a global pandemic, we'd welcome our little one into the world, and we'd quickly learn that there would be no daycare options available to us at the end of my maternity leave.

That meant I'd either have to stay home, or we'd have to look at in-home help, which was mind-bogglingly expensive.

So I created a household budget, scouring ways we could afford in-home help. Though that process I was researching different budget methods and happened upon the cash stuffing budget method.

All of a sudden, memories come flooding back of my mom keeping cash in white office envelopes tucked in a kitchen drawer. This wasn't a new method, but rather the revival of a tried & true idea.

I looked for some tools to help me start cash stuffing, but couldn't find anything I that loved. And I knew that, to stay motivated and keep with this budget, I needed to actually enjoy doing it.

As a way to bring in some extra money, I created a small Etsy shop with simple budget templates and Youtube tutorials. (Fun fact: It still operates today under a different name!) I would create those templates and tutorials as my newborn slept on me - in some of the videos you can even hear his coos in the background. I received so much positive feedback and realized that there's a huge demand for simple budgeting tools. Using the money I saved up from selling those templates, I designed, prototyped, trialed, tweaked, and eventually launched Missy Money.

The Mission

I want to make financial literacy accessible, in a way that’s empowering and without shame.

I believe the best way to do that is by creating simple, clean, and aesthetic tools that make budgeting approachable and motivating.

Because I truly believe that a simple budget, can lead to a calm mind, creating a happy and healthy home and life.

Simple Budget. Calm Mind. Happy Life.