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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

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With tuition payments and debt payments we spent about $60,395 between January 2012 and March 2014 when we became completely debt free with two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees between us. This meant moving to a less expensive rental, cutting cable and changing our eating-out and entertainment habits.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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! Consumers are getting more wiser and January has also become a hot month for retail therapy.