Cash Vacation

We have been working very hard paying off debt for about a year and a half now, so it was definately time for a vacation.  We started saving at the begining of the year since we realized that if we wanted to take a vacation this year, we would have to save for it.  We socked away a little every 2 weeks and we were actually able to have a nice little get-a-way to the beach with the kids.  It was very hot, but it was still relaxing and the ocean was beautiful.

This was our first time to pay cash for a vacation and I can tell you, it is so much better knowing your vacation will not follow you home. (On your credit card statement that is)

We are diverting our savings for the rest of the year into a Christmas account so we can cash flow Christmas again this year.  We also were able to get a great deal on a new to us dining room table and chairs by paying cash and finding a good deal in the classifieds.  Yay, now we can all sit at the table at the same time.  We have been struggling with that since two of our old chairs decided to collapse.

We weren’t able to make as much of an impact on the debt this month as we wanted, but we did accomplish a lot.  I have also updated our freedom stats.