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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

Family Balance Sheet

Make it a Necessities Only Year. I will focus on being content with what I have and I’m pretty sure I’ll survive. I have made a pact with myself that if I don’t already own something that I need, I will either: make do with what I have, find said item at a thrift store, borrow, or forget about it.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

Family Balance Sheet

We will be challenging ourselves to resist buying retail and instead choose thrift by borrowing, buying second hand, or making do with what we already have. This will either be weekly or monthly, depending on how much content I have. In 2015, the monthly challenge will be the Choose Thrift First Challenge. How We Saved.

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"Potential Accomplishments" and The Natural Magic of List-Making: Creating a Master~List

Frugal Luxuries

need to descale the glass shower doors in master bath using a citric acid solution Continue going through and organizing all my old F rugal Times: Making-Do With Dignity and Frugal Luxuries newsletters along with my collection of vintage ephemera. well as a thorough vacuuming via the wet-dry vac.then spot clean ing.of the carpet.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

I want to focus on being content with what I have and I’m pretty sure I’ll survive. I want to challenge myself to rethink our purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions, like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. Non-necessities might take a back seat–for this year.