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1st Meeting of the Christmas Savings Club

Family Balance Sheet

As outlined in the first post , your goal this past month was to create a budget for your Christmas spending. Once you have a gift budget for 2013 that you are comfortable with, divide that number by eleven. That final number will be your goal to save each month between now and November 25, 2013. My monthly goal is $100.

Christmas 127
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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Consider setting the money aside in a savings account that isn’t immediately accessible and doesn’t have an ATM attached to it This will help to avoid any impulsive non-emergency spending.

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Christmas Savings Club | May Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army''s Adopt-a-Family program.

Club 100
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Christmas Savings Club | July Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. Our monthly goal for Christmas savings is $100. I was able to transfer the $100 to our savings account in July, but I''m still short from June when I needed to use some of the savings for other gifts that we needed to buy last month.

Club 100
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Christmas Savings Club | June Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. Our monthly goal for Christmas savings is $100. Have you found yourself short with your savings goal? If you have not done so, complete the Christmas Gift & Spending Budget worksheet. On with the June meeting.

June 100
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Christmas Savings Club | April Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

I''m still offering a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet, click that link for more information. We have made gift giving a line item in our budget since it can be a budget buster unless it is planned for. I transferred $115 to our Christmas account in April. $15 On with the meeting.

April 100
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Christmas Savings Club | March Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

I'm still offering a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet, click that link for more information. My husband and I started Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University last month, so we scrutinized our March budget more than ever before. Just remember, we're saving for A CASH CHRISTMAS! On with the meeting.

March 100