http://chrissy.savingadvice.com My journal to debt freedom! A place to log our progress & share with other PF bloggers. info@savingadvice.com Chrissy en-us http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/03/26/paid-my-bonus-to-debt_49808/ I just updated the sidebars to reflect paying all of my annual bonus to our debt! Well, all but $742. I used that to pay one of the hospital bills for the birth of my son in January. Once I get that money reimbursed from my Flexible Spending Account the $742 will be heading off... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:06:33 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/03/18/updated-progress_49554/ I updated my debt tracking in the side bar area...everything is on track though my goal for the year on the car loan seems far away. I did receive my bonus last week so I made a big additional payment to the car loan and will pay the rest of my bonus (down to the penny!) to that debt... Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:21:34 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/02/28/march-goals-a-road-trip_48876/ I'm spending my Saturday night preparing for a spontaneous trip to Michigan! We talked about going to see our family during my maternity leave and made the decision late Thursday night. We're leaving in the late afternoon Monday and will drive into the night, stay in a hotel (I'll... Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:36:00 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/02/26/on-becoming-prepared_48828/ My husband and I have been talking about some of the "value add" things we can be doing while I'm on maternity leave. Things with baby #2 have been awesome and I love feeling productive, so I was excited to brainstorm some of these ideas together. <br /> <br /> Tonight I got a good start on... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:52:54 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/02/21/back-at-em_48683/ Wow! It's been a few weeks (ok, almost 2 months!) - I had my baby 3 weeks ago, so that's been keeping me busy and away, but I'm back.<br /> <br /> I've updated the sidebars to show our latest progress. Snowflaking hasn't been going as well as it did in December, but we're going to get refocused... Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:55:56 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/01/08/9-days-in-used-car-buying-ramblings_47134/ Ugh, I'm getting antsy - 9 days into the month and I haven't been able to update debt progress. Tomorrow is budget committee day so we'll see if I can count up any decent snowflakes for the week.<br /> <br /> I mentioned before my sister & brother-in-law are moving here to Atlanta next week.... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:19:26 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/01/04/weekly-meal-plan-mon-15-friday-19_46926/ I've seen folks document their menu plans for each week and thought I might do the same. <br /> <br /> A bit of background: My husband is a stay at home dad and he usually does all of the grocery shopping. Over a year ago I joined Weight Watchers, so in order to control the food that comes... Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:56:26 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2009/01/04/new-years-spending_46912/ No real update to post <img src="http://www.savingadvice.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile" /> Every Friday I update our weekly spending and hubby & I do our weekly budget committee meeting. Lately we've been doing really well and snowflaking in a few categories.<br /> <br /> This past Friday we didn't have any snowflakes. We put on a New Year's Day party for... Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:56:46 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2008/12/29/shopping_46638/ Yesterday I got out of the house alone for a few hours. My favorite past time, window shopping, kept me busy but I did buy a few things. This weekend my $20 spending money was burning a hole in my pocket. I ended up paying $7 to get my eyebrows waxed, $4 for an iced decaf white... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:36:41 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2008/12/27/progress-to-date_46575/ Aside from a modest mortgage, our debt consists of 2 student loans - both mine for college & grad school, plus a used Honda we purchased earlier this year. All in all, the total originally incurred for all 3 of these debts was over $70K.<br /> <br /> If we had continued the status quo payments... Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:20:54 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy) http://chrissy.savingadvice.com/2008/12/27/excited-to-join-in_46573/ I've been reading most of the PF blogs here on savingadvice for a while now. I think that being able to interact with all of you will contribute to my focus and intensity in getting out of debt.<br /> <br /> I always considered myself a pretty frugal person. I don’t buy things I can’t... Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:06:08 PST nelson_christine@yahoo.com (Chrissy)