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okkiedokki

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Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« on: July 31, 2014, 11:00:56 AM »
I originally posted back in May of expenses that were spiraling downward.  After a lot of face punches and changes I can feel a little badass today because its the first month in a very long time that we cash positive for the month. At the end of today we'll have an extra $547 so while it's very small I feel the changes my wife and i have made are definitely getting us back on our feet.

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2014, 02:27:26 PM »
Nice work. Keep it up.

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 03:48:20 PM »
Woohoo!  Now your snowball is rolling!

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2014, 04:38:03 PM »
You're on the road now okkiedokki!

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2014, 05:51:06 PM »
$547 is NOT small change!!!  That's a significant amount to a lot of people.  Hell, I'm happy if I find a quarter on the street.

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2014, 07:40:02 PM »
Good job little champion.

okkiedokki

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2014, 09:18:15 PM »
Yeah we were quite happy. We cut our AC out almost completely and save $70 on our electric bill there. Got rid of adt for $40 back, my daughter moved up in day care classes so we saved $60 there, and then paying off my 401k loan and a couple of credit cards made up the difference on the rest.

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2014, 02:55:16 AM »
Wow that's fantastic! Certainly not a small amount from my perspective :) Finding that extra money each month will really help you out. You're turning things around!

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2014, 06:03:08 AM »
Do that every month and invest it.. You'll be surfing well ahead of the wave in no time..:)

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2014, 10:01:46 AM »
Thanks, and the greatest thing about it is now that my wife saw the savings the little bit of coaxing has pretty much gone away.  I told her if she can help find a way to save an additional $60 this month we'll take half that and go to dinner.  The very next day she spent $63 on groceries instead of our budgeted $150 (for 2 adults, 1 toddler, and 1 infant)

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Re: Kind of feeling a little badass today.
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2014, 01:48:35 PM »
Now it's a game, and it's going to get really fun.  Great job motivating her.