My Year End Financial Brag.
I just wrote a cheque to pay off my American Express card which will be the first time in 10 years that I have completely paid off the balance on that particular card.
I only use it for shopping at Costco but I found that no matter how much I paid each month when I got the next months bill I had barely put a dent in the balance or worse the total went up.
Since I started couponing over a year and a half ago I started spending less and less money at Costco which has allowed me to pay down the balance.
I was also able to pay off my Mastercard this year as well.
Most of this was because of couponing but also paying off our cars this year helped a lot.
This year I'm planning on getting my Visa paid off and then start tackling the big one, my line of credit.
The only thing that will stop me from accomplishing this is that my husband wants to buy a truck.
I told him to start shopping around for the best deal because our days of paying retail are OVER.
I'm hoping he'll be reasonable and be willing to buy a used truck a couple of years old.
Anyway 2013 is going to be all about saving as much money as I can and paying off as much debt as possible.