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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

I also love to visit family (all our family is between 2 and 4 hours away) and friends, bake, and play board games. Playing board games with friends I really don’t like crafts, despite years of attempting scrapbooking, knitting, etc, but I do like advising on my fiancĂ©’s woodworking projects. The mug shelf 2.

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Christmas Savings Club | November 2019

Family Balance Sheet

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I held a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. I added the check to our savings.

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Christmas Savings Club | July 2019

Family Balance Sheet

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I will hold a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. On one morning, I found a $20 bill ON THE BEACH!

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Christmas Savings Club | May 2019

Family Balance Sheet

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I will hold a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. My monthly goal is $100. How did I do in May?

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Christmas Savings Club | June 2019

Family Balance Sheet

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I will hold a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. My monthly goal is $100. How did I do in June?

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Christmas Savings Club | August September 2019

Family Balance Sheet

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I will hold a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. My monthly goal is $100. Divide your total by 2.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

Tell us about you and your family. We realized that we wanted to travel as a family and the only thing keeping us from seeing the world was money. We have led 7 sessions of Financial Peace University mostly to keep ourselves motivated. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales.

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