Well CC thought he'd read the book and now both of us are on board and
We've been making tweaks to deductions and tax stuff and boring words relating to our paychecks in order to see bigger money in the short-term, near future to help us reach our goal of May. We've also been coming up with other nutso ideas to bring in more money.
One idea I came up with is relating to Christmas. This is an especially big deal because we are both BIG gift-givers. It's our love language. We like to get gifts and we love to give them even more. Because of this, Christmas has always
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A teapot with a tea cozy. How ridiculously adorable is that?! |
After we pared down our peeps, we lowered almost all of our 'budgets' for said peeps. Now usually we set a budget, and then aim-ish for it. Sometimes we hit it, but the reality is that if I find a perfect gift for someone, I'm pretty much guaranteed to go for it, sometimes regardless of the price. It gets me in trouble
And finally, the real kicker of the idea for Christmas was this: Get all the shopping done and out of the way BEFORE the Christmas shopping season kicks into high gear and we get sucked in to the emotion of it all. Brilliant, right?! Right. Well fortunately for us, we both got paid last week, I had a couple
So the results are this... we're done!
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Do you see the headless dog too? |
I know, we're THOSE people this year. Which feels odd, but we're pretty strange anyway, so I'm going with it. This brilliant idea will probably end up saving us hundreds of dollars. I'm not exaggerating (that I know of). Every gift is still purchased with lots of thought, care, and love for the recipient. But on a less expensive, less sucked-into-the-emotion-that-goes-with-Christmas-shopping scale. Pretty cool in my book.
4 comments:
you guys are debt removing rock stars! :) awesome! it's fun hearing updates of eliminating all of your DEBT. you are my hero! SO amazing!!!
and i think i'll live without the teapot cozy. ;) it'll be tough. but i think i can manage. mostly. ;)
hahah! happy monday friend!
You and Chris are awesome. It just needed to be said. :)
Woo Hoo, yay for finished christmas shopping. Honestly, shopping for everyone usually stresses me out cause I just can't figure out what to buy people. So well done! And no school debt by May, you are my hero's!
Well done. Christmas shopping usually stresses me out cause I am always on a strict budget, and can never figure out what to get. So well done. And no school debt by May? You are my hero!
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