You are What You Eat

I mentioned E-mealz in my last post. Read more here...

http://www.e-mealz.com/

1. Pay $5/mo (Dave Ramsey endorsed- helps you save a ton of $$ on grocery shopping monthly)
2. Pick the grocery store of your liking.
3. Log on each week to download/print off a grocery list (based on sale prices at your store)
4. 5 meals provided - with directions!
5. Enjoy your evenings not stressing over 'What's for dinner??!!"
6. Be a good steward of the $$ God's given you

Everyone wins. Especially if you click on this link... on sale for $2/mo when you sign up for a 6-month subscription!! What a deal!!

http://share.moolala.com/r/58FRJKE

Where I'm At

I remember it very clearly. The day my brother sat me down and hashed out my school loan bills. I laid on the floor and cried... hopeless.

Fast forward ~ 2 yrs, I'm happily married/no longer have a roommate paying the other half of the bills (love ya babe- I know... I know... seminary doesn't really accommodate that), in the midst of paying off loans. And I am content.

What has happened to that young, hopeless, hard-working 'buck' crying on her brother's floor?

1. Financial Peace University -

It's taught us the importance of coming up with a budget TOGETHER, making short-term/doable goals, and running with gazelle-like intensity at paying off our loans, setting up an emergency fund, etc... There is finally LIGHT at the end of the tunnel...

2. Moneysavingmom.com

This website has changed my spending life!! I was proud before to find a 50 cent coupon on something, now I'm learning that shopping at CVS, Walgreens and Publix and combining store deals with coupons reallly pays off!

Year-to-date spending at CVS ($95)
Year-to-date saving at CVS ($122) feels good!:)

Check out the 'Store Deals' for weekly deals.

3. E-mealz

For $5/mo. you can choose the store you mainly shop at, and receive a 5/day meal plan/directions/shopping list based on that store's weekly deals!!

4. Setting priorities

Becoming debt-free is important. Living life to the fullest with my hubby (during his study breaks) while we are young is important. It's learning to balance. Taking advantage of Florida's sunshine provides optimum/free dates.
- Cancelling cable/ washing our own cars/ carpooling / eating in more/ drying clothes on a drying rack/ saying 'no' to that super cute dress (OK I don't always do this;) These things are really paying off.

Just wanted to share... 'to GOD be the glory, great things HE has done!!'