Jun 17 2013
So just as I bragged about reaching the $10,000+ milestone in our house down payment fund, a new thought occurred to me. I still had $12,397.84 in student loans that were costing me $80 a month or so in interest. We were making 0.5% interest in our savings account. Why don’t I pay off these …
May 20 2013
The Great First, the GREAT news: I paid off my FOURTH Student Loan on Friday! Can I just add that this brings down my student loans to $13,788.01?!?!? I started off the year with $18,248.01 in student debt. I’ve paid off $4,460 in student loan debt in five months! Happy dance for me. It feels …
Jan 02 2013
I try and keep track of every single penny Eric and I earn and spend. It’s not too time consuming and I enjoy it. I decided to compare how our money was spent last year, as opposed to this year because we’ve had a LOT of changes. For every $100 we earned, we spent on …
Nov 01 2012
I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween yesterday! My company gets really into it, and I was happy that most of my department dressed up. This was my pregnant nun costume: And these were some of the, um, creative, entries in the pumpkin carving contest: I was super excited about this year’s Halloween, because it …
Sep 26 2012
With only three months left in 2012, I needed to get cracking on our 2012 goals for the year. Here are the ones we have left to finish: Pay Off at least One Student Loan Go on a honeymoon Save $10,000 I would say the other non-tangible ones, such as Continue Growing the Blog, Eat …
Aug 22 2012
I’ve sort of taken a break from talking about our finances, because frankly, it’s exhausting saying the same thing over and over again. It’s also apparent that we’re not making as much progress this year as we did last year. But we’re also not living in a shack anymore and saving up to live off …
