My car is ten years old. I ride a Huffy K-Mart Blue-Light Special mountain bike. I have zero name brand clothes (sorry but I dont count Old Navy as name brand). I do not own any name brand shoes. I do not own an ipod. I do not own anything considered 'top of the line'. I only shop sales and am learning coupons as a way of life. My make up is from Wal-Mart as are my generic prescriptions and non-organically grown produce and groceries. I only own two very cheap bras. I make my own baby food. I make dinner from scratch (well, no frozen dinners anyway). I have not fixed the radio in my car for the past 2 years and it hangs open 24/7 (some goober tried to steal it and succeeded in breaking it then left it- thanks). I buy all of our fine dining serving platters and other types of deals at yard sales. I buy consignment baby clothing (mostly). We eat leftovers at least 3 x's/week. We are starting our own garden to make our own salads and such with. I make lunch for Mark to take with him to work every day. I use generic shampoo and get my hair cut in a student hair-cutting business. I am learning from Teresa that with some smarts and the right coupons you can get Walgreens/Rite Aid to pay YOU to buy their groceries and home products. I cut my fingernails as short as they go and my cheap toenail polish is in a constant state of repair. Our washer and dryer are from the 60's...literally. We only have one TV (one too many if you ask Mark), we have a renter, and we improve our home very very slowly. We do not have any debt except for our home (well, with the exception of my dang student loan, though the interest rate is less than 1% yipee). We are saving lots and paying extra on our mortgage payment (potential being that our home could be paid off before Slade hits elementary school) and plan to be millionaires by age 50, ok maybe 60, definitely by 70 many times over.
Ok, so Mark is the one who is the real movement behind us getting ahead, but I picked and married him so I've done my share of the work...haha.
If someone were to rob us...they'd get away with our TV and just leave the rest...they'd skip over to the neighbor's home with the BMW, the latest and greatest gadgets, the designer clothes, and the cabinet full of full-retail-bought food items.
Here's to Dave Ramsey and the working man!
3 comments:
That makes 2 Dave Ramsey fans!! Little do you know right across the street from you penny pinching is occuring as well- Here's to a life of luxury...one day! Glad I found your blog! :)
Good for you. We are the same with the debt thing. Just the house, and I hope to have that gone some day soon, well at least before the 30 years are up!
You are like the third person this week I've heard talk about Dave Ramsey. I need to read his book!
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