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2019 Christmas Savings Club

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How did you do with your Christmas spending in 2018? Did you use cash or put your purchases on a credit card? It’s so easy to get caught up in all of the bargains that stores throw at us in November and December. ” If they’re paying cash, life is good. Did you over spend? Add up the total.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. I think I started reading FG regularly in 2018 or 2019. This allowed us to build equity pretty quickly and that benefitted us greatly when we moved in 2022.

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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We think we’ll use the money towards summer vacation. We’re converting our basement to a family room area and the original family room (in the pic above) is becoming a home office. We’re converting our basement to a family room area and the original family room (in the pic above) is becoming a home office.

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Let’s answer some google searches!

The Frugal Girl

I have found that cinnamon bread blesses most people, as long as they’re not gluten-intolerant Ask the person what they’d like I know it feels a little more fun to come up with an idea by observation, but since none of us is a mind-reader, sometimes it IS best to ask someone how you could best bless them.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2018 financial goals ? Our 2 Main Financial Goals for 2018: 1 – Finish the will. Shame on us for dragging our feet on this for too long. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen.