Progress and an Early Valentine's

I took a good look at my list of goals today and realized in some areas I'm doing great, in other areas, not so much.

But... there has been progress. In our quest to become totally debt-free this year, January has been a pretty great month.

• We paid off Caitlin's braces


• We paid off Radiology- I think for the first time in nine years, we owe them nothing! ;-)


• We paid a good chunk towards Caitlin's medical debt

We have also made some progress towards our 3-Month Rotatable Food Storage. We have been using Pinching Your Pennies and although it takes time to prepare our grocery list and cut the coupons, we are saving some good money and are able to stock up on food we would normally buy anyway (usually not on sale). Today Clint got 5 boxes of Quaker Instant Oatmeal for free by matching prices and using coupons. It's exciting. Here is what our food storage looked like at the beginning of the month.

Here's what it looks like now. Keep in mind we have also stocked up on toiletries, cleaning supplies, and fresh and frozen foods.

Caitlin is currently off-track and will be until February 16th. Her 5th Grade class had their Valentine's party early and she was excited about her box and class Valentine's. This may be one of the last times we make class treats together, so I took pictures.