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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. We definitely spend a lot more money on eating out at restaurants and using babysitters now that we are debt free. It’s feels nice to spend money on a date night out. What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Eating out or going to a movie were once a year events. We especially never put anything consumable (like gas, food, eating out, movies and etc) on a credit card.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

days I was there – I only needed to eat out for 2 dinners during the whole trip. Hosting garage sales & reselling items. I could figure out how to pay for the classes at my local community college, and I could make space in my life for this work that actually matters to me.”

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Read my social class dilemma! MoneySmartGuides : The Real Cost of Eating Out – I was looking over my budget for the previous month and something stood out. After checking and rechecking and I discover the real cost of eating out! At first, I thought I made a typo along the way.