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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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We’re not perfect though…summer also means more ice cream and frosty treats. Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag – This is a fun frugal summer activity for the kids. They’re all designed to help you save money, pay off debt, and achieve your financial goals, so please take advantage of them.

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My Word for 2019

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Our main financial goal is to pay off our last non-mortgage loan. It was a goal in 2018, but high medical bills and other financial challenges hindered our progress. However, I made it through the ice cream aisle yesterday at GIANT with nothing falling into my cart. My word for 2019 is REDUCE.

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How I Spent $425 on Groceries in March

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But we have some serious financial goals to hit and the grocery budget is an easy target when it comes to cutting the budget. Every week I buy at least one bag of pretzels and/or a bag of tortilla chips and you’ll see below in the pictures that I bought ice cream and Oreos and Cheeze-It’s–all on separate occasions.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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So often, we don’t dream about our financial goals, because we are so entrenched in our challenges. You’ll want to scream and hide under your bed, or in my case, eat cartons of ice cream. Next, make a list of your current needs , such as home repairs, medical needs, or educational needs. Prioritize.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

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A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed here, but we both agree that having no mortgage gave us a serious leg up on our retirement savings and other financial goals. We were somewhere on vacation with the kids when they were young, and Alan and I had promised them ice cream. Don’t forget, this was 20 years ago.)

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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He leaves most of the financial goals up to me, but we make the decisions together. Aside from that I also bought ice cream and went to the movie theater for the first time in over a year. What are your financial goals now? Our financial goals have shifted to growing my new business.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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In September 2019, my husband and I accomplished our biggest financial goal in our almost 20 years of marriage. In fact, there would be entire weekends that we ate at a restaurant for every single meal–breakfasts, lunch, and dinner…AND ice cream cones for dessert! But at one time, we ate out quite a bit.

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