1 year down!

Last year about this time was crunch time for me. I had just committed myself to the Dave Ramsey Total Money Maker Over and I was scared to death. I was scared because I didn't know if I had the will power to do it and stick with the program. Well a year later we are kicking Sally Mae's hiney. I just geek out every time I can knock down the loan substantially. Last year we owed over 11,000 on one loan. Now, it's nearly 2,000. I have had my moments where I was sick of having to tell my good friend (let's call her shopping woman) that I couldn't afford to go with her. Oh and that was hard to actually say those words, but she understood and I think thought better of me for it. So now I guess I'm tooting my own horn, after all it is my blog, but I'm just so stinkin' excited!! I'm excited to not be a partaker of the recession right now. I am so excited that I have controlled myself (enoch never had a problem with that) and have just bit the bullet and done the hard work. But you know what, I don't feel like I've gone without. We had wonderful birthdays, a wonderful Christmas, and we just got back from an epic vacation. Which I saved and payed cash for. I even had 100 bucks left afterwards, that made me happy. The truth is that before I was so scared about paying 252 for 10 years. The thought of that made me cringe and get depressed. Now it's different, I'm in control and debt is no longer controlling me.