While the question of the car is still in consideration (fix, sell, or let run into the ground?), we are going forward on moving into a smaller place to save on the cost of rent, all the while selling what we can on eBay, craigslist, and garage sales. I also made some money this weekend doing freelance stuff, and hope to continue that trend over ( Read more... )

We established the emergency fund ( Read more... )

About a month ago, I was doing my usual internet reading, which includes the Consumerist blog. I saw this post about someone who had paid off $9,482 of debt off in five months. Having about $50,000 in personal loans, student loans (there's 80% of my debt right there), and credit loans through my former credit union, seeing someone accomplish so ( Read more... )