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Well, I Didn't Spend Anything

I made it through yesterday without spending anything, which, of course, I should be able to do for just one day. The real test will be when I get through an entire week without shelling out any dough. I think all of the incidental spending I do contributes the most to us not being able to make any more progress than we do, and if I don't cut it out, there's no way I can make my goal of being debt free by the time my daughter starts school.

Odds are, she'll start school in fall 2016. That's just four years and two months away. I've got a lot of debt to whittle away between now and then.

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