From the monthly archives:

December 2010

Thanks!

by Ashley on December 27, 2010

Thanks for all of your congratulations everyone.  The same people who wished me well on day one were congratulating me last week and have been cheering me on this whole time. I was never dependent on this blog for motivation or accountability, but it has given me this tremendous opportunity to work through the kind [...]

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Balance: $0

by Ashley on December 23, 2010

As many of you know by now, I paid off the last of my credit card debt today! I am so excited.  Mostly about what it means for how I can live my life now.  I feel like I can finally take a deep breath.  I’ve put so much pressure on myself to pay off [...]

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No More Makeup

by Ashley on December 16, 2010

Part of preparing for the reality of being out of debt has been going through everything I have and getting rid of what I don’t need or want.  I should say that I’ll take just about any opportunity to do this.  I love getting rid of things.  I always have at least one bag in [...]

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The Debt As It Stands (12/14/10)!!!!!

by Ashley on December 14, 2010

So, this is the last of these posts.  How crazy is that?  The next time I update you on my progress, I will be out of debt. I’ve thought several times to write a post about how excited slash impatient I am to be out of debt, but not only is that incredibly obvious, but [...]

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I’m Good

by Ashley on December 9, 2010

In the Summer of 2009, I thought for a moment that it might be a good idea to at least face my debt, so I decided to pull my credit score.  I don’t remember the exact number, but it was bad.  Technically speaking, it was poor. It had taken quite a while for it to [...]

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The Way Things Are

by Ashley on December 7, 2010

A couple weeks ago, it was pay day and I was excited.  I have a lot of pay days, since I have two jobs that both pay twice a month and rarely on the same schedule, but the first pay check of the month from my full time job is the exciting one, because it [...]

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