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Choose Thrift First | February Meeting

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February Update. I can honestly say that I did very little shopping (outside of groceries) in February. Maybe I’m still recovering from the Christmas shopping frenzy, but I had little desire to step into a store. I did go into a big box store two times in February. How did you do in February?

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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January & February 2020 – Life is good! We planned our meals, cut back on eating out, shopped the thrift stores, eliminated cable, earned extra money through side hustles, stopped contributing to our retirement, and made the decision that paying off our non-mortgage debt was more important than anything else.

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One Month of Spending Zero

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Feel free to start halfway through, or even have a February no-spend challenge! While it gets repetitive to eat the same thing over, and over, and OVER, I am reminded that I should be thankful to not only have food on our table each night, but to have an abundance of food at that! Challenge accepted! It was a win-win!