Anne Serrano, CFP®

A warm, grounded, and easy approach to thinking about budgeting. Perfect for everyone, no matter where they are in their journey to understanding their money. Just be warned, with all the kitchen references, you may find yourself ready to tackle not only your budget but also your kitchen!

Ashley Quamme

Financial Therapist, Founder of Beyond the Plan®

Budget Spaghetti offers far more than a budgeting book—it provides a compassionate guide to building a healthier relationship with money. Anne has a remarkable gift for making complex financial concepts approachable without oversimplifying them. Through warmth, practical wisdom, and genuine empathy, she empowers readers to replace fear with confidence and create financial habits that truly feel like home. This is a book readers will return to again and again.

Dr. Chia-Li Chien

Professor, Author, CFP® professional

Budget Spaghetti understands something many budgeting books miss: managing money is not simply a numbers problem. Our financial behaviors are shaped by our histories, habits, and hopes for the future. Anne Serrano brings compassion and curiosity into a space too often dominated by rules and judgment, helping readers experiment their way toward a budgeting practice that actually fits their lives. This is a warm, practical, and refreshingly human approach to building a healthier relationship with money.

Dr. Megan McCoy

Professor, Financial Therapist, Researcher, Writer

Anne’s Budget Spaghetti does a beautiful job of removing the negativity, judgment, and feelings of being constrained that often come up when thinking of a budget and instead replaces those feelings with tools and a process that empowers the reader to create their own recipe for financial (and personal) success.

Sydney woodward, CFP®

Financial Planner, former Director of Pro Bono at FPA of San Francisco

For the person who is hesitant to look at their budget and has a comfort of everyday cooking, this book is a great entry point to establishing better money routines. Anne uses a practical metaphor of a kitchen to translate comfort (coziness!) of developing a “delicious and nutritious” budget. Each week builds on the next to help you become the kind of person you want to be with your budget – to know your numbers, but more importantly to feel good about the life you’re creating with money.

Liz Hand, CFP®

Financial Planner, Mindset Coach, Author

In Budget Spaghetti, Anne paints a picture of comfortability and attainability. She eases her readers into intentionally choosing how, when, and where to earn, save, and spend money. She encourages her audience to look beyond numbers and allows them to show up as they are, every bit human and hopeful. She is detailed and considerate in the steps she lays out, offering space to positively envision future finances. This interactive, cozy guide made me hungry to dig into planning my budget. And if each chapter is a meal, each reflection feels like dessert!

Tricia Lowney

Photographer, Communications Support Specialist