Holiday Cheer and Site Updates

We love Christmas time here at the See Debt Run household, and have been quite busy getting ready for the holidays.  The kids are off school, I have some time off of work, and Santa will be making his yearly cameo here in just a few days.  We hope that you and yours have a wonderful Christmas next week!

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Site Updates:

As we continue to make progress towards our debt goals,  both Michelle and I are committed to continue to share the tips and tricks that have allowed for us to make so much progress in such a short amount of time.  Even after our debt is paid off,  we have additional financial goals that we will be working towards, and we are looking forward to sharing those stories with you!

In the meantime, the site has continued to grow and we really appreciate everyone who has taken the time to read, comment, and share our articles via social media.  Your support has been invaluable in helping to keep us on track when working towards our goals.

Also, if you haven’t heard it yet, I was featured on the Two Guys and Your Money Podcast over at the Free Financial Advisor.  We were discussing my article “The Interview Question That is Always Asked“, and I had a great time talking to Average Joe about life, jobs, and finance.

Debt Progress:

December is always a tough month for a family trying to get their finances together, and this one has been no exception.  In addition to Christmas shopping for the kids,  we had some home repair expenses that cropped up as well.  We actually had to pull from our emergency fund to keep our checking account from getting overdrawn at one point, but were able to get the fund back to the $1000 number on my next payday a few days later.

For the shopping itself, we have done about half of our shopping online, and half in traditional brick and mortar stores.  We have also bought some of our presents for the kids new, and some of them used.  All and all, we are trying to make the day extra special for our kids without wrecking our finances.  For our online shopping, we have done a lot of comparison shopping and used a lot of net voucher codes to make sure that we are getting the best price possible.

All and all, this month may represent a smaller decline in our debt total than we have seen in recent months.  That said, we were ahead of schedule because of our efforts in the past few months.  As is shown on our debt repayment graph, we are still well on our way to being debt free early next year.

Carnival Inclusions:

• “Not Switching Car Insurance” was in the Carnival of Money Pros at Growing Money Smart.
• “Holding On Won’t Slow It Down” was in the Carn of Retirement at Making Sense of Cents.
• “Holding On Won’t Slow It Down” was in the Carn of Retirement at Cash Net USA.
• “Holding On Won’t Slow It Down” was in the Yakezie Carnival at Parenting and Money.
• “We Didn’t Win the Lottery; Thank God” was in the Carnival of Money Pros at Frugal Toad.
• “We’re Trying an FSA” was in the Carnival of Retirement at Vanessa’s Money.
• “That Christmas Time of Year” was in the Festival of Frugality.
• “That Christmas Time of Year” was in the Nerdy Finance Carnival at Nerd Wallet.
• “That Christmas Time of Year” was in the Yakezie Carnival at Rambling Fever.
• “Home Depot Warranty” was in the Carnival of Money Pros at Life Insurance By Jeff
• “Home Depot Warranty” was in the Carnival of Retirement at Mo Money Mo Houses
• “Budget Opening Up” was in the Carn of Personal Finance at The Dividend Guy Blog

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