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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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We will need to cut back on dining out, but it is unrealistic for me to say we won’t eat at restaurants this year. I’ll do my best to follow my own advice, 10 Ways to Save When Eating Out , and we will bring snacks, bag lunches, and drinks on road and errand trips to save money. The Girls’ Activities. 2017 Update.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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We live in Richmond, Virginia, and have two of the best girls: McKayla, 10, and Shayne, 6. We want our girls to have an. emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. because we aren’t eating out. We knew it would take us years to get out of debt! My husband.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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We will cut back, but it is unrealistic for me to say we won’t eat out at all this year. I’ll do my best to follow my own advice, 10 Ways to Save When Eating Out , and we will bring snacks, bag lunches, and drinks whenever we can to save money. The Girls’ Activities. The Girls’ Activities.

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

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We dramatically reduced our spending by cutting our cable TV and landline , shopping thrifty, eating out less often , and lowering our grocery bill. Build up our Emergency Funds to 3-6 months of expenses. Start college funds for both girls. We made a lot of changes since 2013.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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We have 2 girls that I am home schooling this year. Be willing to sacrifice- there are things we had to do that made us look weird: home school, skip eating out as much with family, doing my own hair & nails, getting a wardrobe from the thrift store and forgoing paper towels. So direct the money often and early.

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