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01-01-2008, 01:20 PM #1Registered User
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Happy Frugal New Year!
Happy Frugal New Year Everyone! I am ready to start working on my frugal goals.
1. Put the credit cards away! Live beneath my means.
2. Save $100 every month in my emergency fund.
3. Save $100 every month for our trip to disneyland.
4. Try to use up the food I already have and clothes too!
What are your frugal goals for the year?
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01-01-2008, 02:06 PM #2Registered User
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And a very happy frugal new year to you!
My goals for 2008:
-pay off the remaining credit card
-save a $5000 EF (we are on the road, and our house is rented, so $1000 just doesn't feel quite safe enough to me)
-pay off at least half of the HELOC balance
-get more organized at keeping track of what we spend--we're 'leaky' right now.
edited to fix parentheses.
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I'm excited about the New year.
Our goals look like this:
1.Payoff Dh's Truck
2.Paydown my Trailblazer
3.Trade my Trailblazer in on a Subaru or Toyota
4.Start Saving Account
5.Start a Christmas Fund
6.Start saving more money.
7.Start looking into buying a home.Wife to Keith
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I always like the start of a new year!
Goals for 2008:
1. Have remaining 3 charge cards paid in full. I did reach 2007 goal of no charging! Yeah!
2. Save at least $100 from each pay day. Thats $200 a month for most months.
3. To teach my children some budgeting and frugalness this year!
These are just general, my detail plan is written in my "life book".
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01-01-2008, 04:14 PM #5Registered User
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Here are my goals.
Save $5000 for a new car
SAve $2000 for car repairs
Increase our EF to $7000
Lower our grocery budget
Spend less on toiletriesJennifer
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Oops. Under my number one goal, I also meant to put . . . pay off my credit cards. That's a big goal.
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01-01-2008, 05:07 PM #7Moderator aka AmyBob
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Sounds great, everyone! I look forward to following all of you progress!
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my 2008 frugal goals are in my signature area
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Happy New Year to all!
I have come a long way in 2007 thanks to you all. My goals are:
*find a job !! (being laid off as of April 1)
*pay off the remaining $900 on student loan ( will do this before January is over)
*pay off last c.c. I have balance on...may be hard with being laid-off but will plug away!
Happy 2008!"The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead." ~Robert Brault
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Here are my goals for 2008
- Save £10,000 by the end of the year
- Save £3000 for next years tuition fees
- Pay £100 extra off the mortgage each month
- Not acquire any debt
- Live off £5000 for the year (not including mortgage)
Good Luck to everyone
Happy New Year
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My goals this year:
~Get back on Weight Watchers
~Pay off all my debts by the end of February - I am down to the last two!
~Save $4000 for a Disney World vacation by June 15th - I have a strict plan to follow and one misstep means it won't happen this year
~Save $5000 for EF by October 15
Of course all these big goals require some smaller goals be met - baby steps!
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