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I know that Christmas is not that far away and most of you probably have all of your shopping completed (unless you are like me). I tend to wait until the last minute to complete my shopping, because of the business of basketball season.With Christmas break upon my family, I have more time to complete my holiday gift shopping and even find more time to write. Here are 19 ways that you can save this holiday season, not only on shopping.
Earlier this year, we took a 3 month challenge and attempted to buy nothing 'new' from the August thru October. Both my wife and I enjoyed the challenge and are talking about attempting another one in the future! With our challenge ending last month, I decided to look at the month of November and see how the 3 month challenge affected our spending and affected our decision to buy new stuff. We definitely purchased more 'new' stuff in November, however, I don't believe that it was outlandish.
It's that time of year again. The time of year where we celebrate The time of year where we celebrate three holidays in a little over 5 weeks from November 24th until January 1st.Every business is out to get our hard earned money before the year ends. They use great marketing strategies to push their "Black Friday" deals. They talk about all the money you will save, but seem to leave off all the money you will spend.
Last year at this time was a whirlwind for our family. My wife was a few days from going into labor and I was deep into my 7th year as a middle school basketball coach. It somehow slipped past me that REI (one of my favorite outdoor companies) was closing again on Black Friday.
Can't believe it has been two weeks since my last post. The last two weeks have been kind of busy for our family and I had a hard time finding time to write. During the last two weekends, we spent one weekend running a 10k in Galveston and the following weekend running a half marathon in Houston. Both were amazing accomplishments (at least for me). This was my first attempt at a half marathon and I successfully finished!
