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Frugal February

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One month down for 2019. We have only one financial goal for 2019 and we made some progress in January. …oh boy, you might be wondering, what does that mean? I’m going to challenge myself to use up cleaning supplies and health & beauty products before buying anything new. 5 – Plan ahead.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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When that loan was paid off, we put that full monthly amount towards the third loan and this continued until September 2019 when we made our last non-mortgage loan payment. We methodically worked through our plan and in September 2019 we were treated with the ultimate reward for our hard work– freedom from our non-mortgage debts!

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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We didn’t have enough cash saved to buy a car without a loan and that wasn’t sitting well with me. In early March before the crazy began, we decided to order the tires and stick with the van for another year or two and save up more funds to buy our next vehicle. Boy, are we glad we made that decision.

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