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Old 12-08-2007, 12:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Um..no.

I will say that it was a pretty life-changing year for me though. I really gave pause to a lot of things. There were many things I didn't buy, that in the past, I would have.

One area I was successful was for the baby girly. I love dressing her! Love i! I got mostly hand-me-downs and bought much of her things second-hand, including an Ergo and stroller which we wanted/needed. I bought her a few things, but I mostly window-shopped until I found something second-hand.

This isn't about compacting, but related to it: Our fridge needs to be replaced. Because of some compacting and mostly mindful spending, we can afford it without going into any debt at all. Prior to this year, it would have set us about 4 months back.

A big thanks to all of you for that. I'm looking forward to tweaking my spending in 2008 even more which will include a lot of compacting.
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