Comments on: New Game: “Things I can afford when ____ is gone!”

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:35:20 +0000

In reply to Abigail @ipickuppennies. Ouch! Hurts in the teeth and the wallet, sorry to hear friend :( Pretty incredible that you can stash away $1,200/mo though towards it! That's bad ass!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:33:46 +0000

In reply to Megan J. Damn good goal!! And I agree w/ that motivation too - seeing those amounts owed go down like that. Keep on going!! you can do it!!

By: Abigail @ipickuppennies

Abigail @ipickuppennies — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:50:26 +0000

When Tim’s teeth are done! We just got the estimate on his dental implants: $14,200. Then there’s the cost of the new dentures. We’ll find out how much that is on the 12th, when we have a consultation. All I know is that they’re more expensive than normal dentures, which run $1,000 – 3,000 for a set.

So we’re on a plan to sock away $1,200ish a month until October, which (added to our total savings) should leave us with enough money to pay everything in cash.

We’ll relax a little once that’s done. Then we can save for double pane windows and put a *lot* more into the IRA/have me open a SEP.

By: Megan J

Megan J — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:11:19 +0000

Our biggest expense is my husband’s student loan payment at $1205/mo. We could go on a NICE vacation every.single.month. if it was gone (not that we will, but, hey, we could!). His loan is really 16 smaller loans combined, so we started picking off the highest interest ones and paying them off as we can. Having the monthly payment go down 30-50 dollars when we pay on off is really motivating! Our goal is to pay off all non-mortgage debt (2000 left on our car loan and still 100k in student loans) in 5 years!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 20:31:59 +0000

In reply to Chris. $1,000+ towards investments every month is killer! That $hit's gonna add up FAST as the years go by, way to rock that.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:43:00 +0000

Biggest Expense is $458 per month for my Roth IRA and $684 per paycheck for my Roth 401(k).

While I like contributing the maximum to these plans I should start saving for a down payment soon. Currently pay $750 a month for rent, all-in.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 04:45:21 +0000

In reply to Janessa.

I’d gladly come out and join you on that water too :)

Read this blog for even more motivation!

http://savingtosail.com/a-blog-is-born/

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 04:42:40 +0000

In reply to Kayla @ Femme Frugality. You're gonna have a LOT of fun with $1,400 extra every month!! And you'll already be so used to it going out the window that you should be able to hang onto the habit pretty well :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 04:41:41 +0000

In reply to Pengepugeren. Mmmmmm... that would be tasty!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 04:41:20 +0000

In reply to Felix Money @ mymoneyfesto.com. I'm a big believer in keeping the joy and just cutting back more of the non-joys we pay for :) So way to prioritize! (And thanks for stopping by the site!)