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Race Class
In case anyone is interested, ST and I will be going to Credit Card 101 and Borrowing 101 next wednesday from 6-8:30ish.
If you are interested (you don't need to be a WPCU member) just follow the link and register.
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Money update
Well yesterday I did a very good job of controlling my impulse buys. I was at Joann's yesterday and they had the most adorable fabric. It was multi colored (mostly autumn colors) and had swallows flying all over it. It was even on sale! I immediately grabbed it and started to think of all the things I could make with it. Maybe a cool purse! " ( Read more... ) -
I <3 WPCU
First, went to the WPCU on Xenia Ave, and there by the teller counter was a life-size pic of Dave and I. They're everywhere. *blush ( Read more... ) -
Savings Race Blog
Here is the blog we have to write for the Savings Race. Posting it in case you want to follow along!
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Budgeting 101 and Understanding Your Credit Score
Wow, learned A LOT yesterday at my classes. And a lot of misconceptions were fixed!
The biggest thing I learned: don't close those "paid off" cards!!!!! Yep, that's right! As long as you have the dicipline to not put more money on the card. One of the most important things is your debt capacity . That is your actual debt divided by your ( Read more... ) -
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Had a very exciting meeting tonight with Andrea, Jayme, and Kim (our WPCU Savings coaches).
First Steps:
- Last Friday we signed up for the debit round up program and in one week over $4 has gone into my savings (don't know Dave's number).
- We are going to continue to keep a savings journal and anytime we opt out (for example not getting salsa and Izze ( Read more... )
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A pretty good, no "have to do's" this weekend.
Friday we dropped by WPCU and met with our main coach. She is such a talker, but really a hoot. Made it home just in time for the haunt meeting. Looks like we are going to have enough people, which is exciting. Maybe I will be able to get off the bus and mannequin for awhile. *fingers crossed* ( Read more... )