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Stockpiling: July 12th to July 18th

Posted 07-11-2009 at 12:47:08 PM by BringontheWonder (Financial Freedom)
Updated 07-18-2009 at 12:00:36 PM by BringontheWonder

I have $15.45 and $25.95 ECBs to spend on stockpiling this week.
I am participating in the HCW $5 spending anniversary contest, so this week's shopping will be a fun challenge to see how much I can get for $5 OOP or less.

July 12th Purchases
1 Glade air freshener (-$.01 after CRT)
2 glue
2 rulers
3 packs pens
2 scissors
3 portfolio folders
2 3-subject notebooks
2 1-subject notebooks
1 Gilette Fusion
OOP: $1.12
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Summer Debt Payoff: Round One.4-Sallie Mae

Posted 07-10-2009 at 10:26:54 PM by BringontheWonder (Financial Freedom)

We received a refund check in the mail today for $215.40 from a rental car company as a result of complaining about horrible customer service. We went on vacation recently and our rental SUV was not available until 3 hours after the requested time. We had prepaid, and did not want to spend money again for another rental car from a different company. We had booked over a month in advance, and the folks manning the counter gave the SUV that was meant to be for us to a person who was loudly complaining....

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Stockpiling: July 4th to July 11th

Posted 07-03-2009 at 08:35:27 PM by BringontheWonder (Financial Freedom)
Updated 07-11-2009 at 12:45:55 PM by BringontheWonder (Editing to update stockpile information)

I'm going to reset my stockpile week to run from Saturday to Saturday, so I'll go ahead and get started on Independence Day with my new stockpile cash for the week.
I have $34 and $13.50 ECBs to spend on stockpiling this week.

July 4th Purchases
10 Chefboyardee
1 trunk organizer
Spent: $11.81
To go: $22.19 & $13.50 ECBs
The trunk organizer was on sale for $5.00 at Target (reg. $10), and I wanted a bigger one than I already had. The stockpile...

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Summer Debt Payoff: Round One.3-Sallie Mae

Posted 07-03-2009 at 08:31:08 PM by BringontheWonder (Financial Freedom)

Sent in $303.87 to Sallie Mae today. That's the regular monthly payment and will bring the account down to about $3400. I had planned to send in $600 or so today, but we bought some supplies to replace part of our fence last week, and that cut into debt reduction efforts. It felt great to be able to pay CASH for the supplies, though!

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How I'm Reducing Debt

Posted 07-02-2009 at 03:22:31 PM by BringontheWonder (Financial Freedom)

This blog is in response to a question asked by nmeadows0101 here: http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/daily-living/251951-stockpiling-paying-off-debts-can-you-tell.html#post1884102]

I definitely save money each week in grocery shopping by not having to buy HBA, paper products, and those once-in-a-while items that seem to cost a lot. Those were huge budget-busters on our grocery list in the weeks when we ran out. It's just me and my dh, so we don't have a lot of extra expenses...

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