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2019 Christmas Savings Club

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It’s 20 degrees outside and all you want to focus on is warmer weather and summer vacation. I promise I won’t start reciting Christmas carols, but while the holidays are still somewhat fresh in our minds, I think it would be a good idea to start planning for Christmas 2019. Step 1: Create a 2019 Christmas Budget.

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

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We think we’ll use the money towards summer vacation. Credit cards are a tricky subject and we pay off the balance every month, so I will write more about this soon. I like to think that buying a pre-owned vehicle is the best possible scenario. I will write a more detailed post about the process soon. year-old van.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. We’d survived the dip in 2007, carried no credit card debt, and we were contributing to our retirement. What got us through financially? Our emergency fund.

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