1. Pay Down the Mortgage We were able to squeeze one extra “principal” payment out of our budget towards paying down our mortgage in July. Had we not had all those bills from the HH’s surgery we would have been able to pay down more. But one is better than none. 2. Buy Nothing New Read More >>

1. Pay Down the Mortgage Thanks to not travelling or buying anything extra this month, we were able to squeeze one extra “principal” payment out of our budget towards paying down our mortgage. Had we not had those crazy medical bills from the HH’s surgery we would have been able to pay down more. But Read More >>

1. Pay Down the Mortgage Although we were able to knock 4 payments off our contract in June, July isn’t looking so great. I am still waiting for the final bill for the HH’s surgery {it should be arriving any day now} and then I’ll know if there is anything extra for the July payment. 2. Read More >>

1. Pay Down the Mortgage We were able to knock 4 payments off our contract in June {1 regular payment and 3 extra “principal” payments}. I highly doubt we will make an extra payments next month towards the principal on the house though. We are still waiting for one last bill from the HH’s Mohs Read More >>

1. Pay Down the Mortgage We were able to knock 4 payments off our contract in June {1 regular payment and 3 extra “principal” payments}. 2. Buy Nothing New for 1 Year.  I was tempted to buy a new pair of TOMS {classic black} to go with a dress {I despise heels} but told myself that Read More >>