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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

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Back in 2013, I had a year-long series, Christmas Savings Club , to encourage everyone to set aside money each month for the holidays. We paid for many of our Christmas purchases on a credit card and then hustled in January 2013 to pay it off. Donate Plasma. You earn money after each donation. Return Unused Purchases.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

In 2013, I had a year long series, Christmas Savings Club , to encourage everyone to set aside money each month for the holidays. We paid for many of our Christmas purchases on a credit card and then hustled in January 2013 to pay it off. Many stores will at least give you a store credit if you don’t have your receipt.

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My 2020 Financial Goals & A Recap of 2019

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We’ve been working since 2013 to pay off a boat load of non-mortgage debt. I feel like I made a lot of trips to the thrift store to donate our stuff, but my house will tell you otherwise. ALSO our 2019 Financial Goal!). We knocked this out of the park. It was a long road and we were finally non-mortgage debt FREE!!