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Xmas & Emergency Funds are now Fully Funded

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Due to extra income this month we got both the Xmas Fund and EF fully funded. It’s a great feeling. We also managed to put $630 extra towards the Car fund this month.

I’ve updated the “Funds Snowball” page in My Pages…

Mar 2008

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This is the March numbers for our $20K Challenge. Overall not too bad, managed to just go below the average exp per month that we should be aiming for.

We are still a bit behind when you compare the $ to the time…

Savings Overhaul

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I’ve made a decision to change the way I am going to go about the way I save for our funds. Rather than only spreading the minimum amount to each funds each month, I’ve decided to do a snowball effect instead. I will…

Net Worth

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Our net worth has increase by $40K in the last 3 months. This was mainly due to DH’s bonus and the gov’t co-contribution to my retirement fund. It could even be more if I actually increase the value of our house, but…

Didn’t make it.

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I was hoping to have a NSD today but DH forgot his lunch this morning and had to get a loaf of bread. Luckily, he had some cans of tuna in his office and only had to get some bread. So he only spent a bit of money…