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Economizing while we job hunt

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I've been away from this blog for a long, long while, but my husband and I have still been slowly winnowing down our debt. We still have a long way to go, though.

So much for my hope to have everything but the house paid off before my daughter started school.

We need to get even more serious about getting rid of our debt. Due to ongoing hardships in the industry we work in, my husband and I are both unemployed at the moment. We're OK for now, because we each get a severance. We hope to have jobs before that runs out, but we'll be economizing in the meantime, just in case we don't. We need to make what we're getting right now last as long as possible.

So, our journey continues. I am always on the lookout for coupons, but because we do most of our grocery shopping at Aldi, the coupons we can use are few and far between.

The longer our joblessness lasts, the more likely I'll be to cut luxuries like our TV subscriptions — Netflix, Hulu or Sling — and I'll be keeping my eyes open for other ways we can save.

I hope we find jobs soon, but I also hope that we develop some really good financial habits while we're looking.

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