Hi. Me here. Reminding myself to stay the course for the next year. It is likely to be hard. There is not much wiggle room each month. Maybe $800. Maybe. It seems like enough. It is just far less than we are used to.
We will have to be mindful of ALL spending. This will require heightened communication between DH and myself. We need to start communicating about how that is going to work now.
I commit to look for sales and coupons. I commit to selling things we no longer need for cash. I commit to reviewing our current expenses for ways to cut back. I commit to thinking further ahead for items I will need to purchase.
Staying the course means we don't take on additional debt. Staying the course means minimizing the amount of cash we use from our emergency fund. Fingers crossed we can keep that emergency fund intact!
To Stay the Course
June 22nd, 2011 at 02:58 am
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June 23rd, 2011 at 04:16 pm 1308842177
How are you going to sell your items? Garage sale, online auction or regular auction? I've taken things to a regular auction and although they bunched the stuff together, it was nice getting the check and getting rid of stuff.
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