OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD 2012

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Debt Free Journey

 While visiting some of my favorite blogs, I found this particular post by Melissa at "Mom's Plans."
She is posting weekly about her debt free journey and how she is becoming Gazelle intense about eliminating her debt.  Her post motivated me to "borrow" her idea and do the same since my husband and I are dedicated to getting rid of our Stupid Credit Card Debt by the end of 2012


What are the steps that we are going to take to accomplish this?  We are going to continue listing items on Ebay.  For the last two months, sales have been steadily increasing.  I have been researching what items are more profitable to buy at thrift stores and we have been able to increase our profits with these purchases alone.  Of course  there are items that do not sell as quickly, but we have decided to give most of the items in our Ebay store at least one year before we remove them.  

Profits from Ebay this month:  $350.00
  
Another avenue of income has been blogging.  I enjoy blogging and reading other people's blogs and having the opportunity to make money with blogging has been a blessing.  At first, I was not sure if I wanted to monetize my blog, but I am glad I did.  Now I am  considering branching out and becoming more active on my thrifting blog "A Happy Girl Collectiblesand build up the readership and share more of my thrifting tips.  As of late, I have not been that active on that blog and it shares some of my posts from this blog. 

Blog Income This Month:  $350.00
  
 Next week, I will collect all of the cups of spare change we have sitting around the house.  I know that we have one in the kitchen, one in the bedroom and another cup of change in my car.  I don't know how much is in there, but I am estimating at least $50.00.    I will take it to a coinstar machine and turn it in.  I know, I have to give them around 9%, but I just want to get it counted and apply it to my debt. 



Total Applied to Credit Card Debt:  $700.00

Credit Card Balance:  $11,608.00


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15 comments:

Michelle said...

I need to sell things on ebay badly

CentsToSave said...

It does take a little dedication, but once you get started it makes it worthwhile.

krantcents said...

Online stores like ebay has become the electronic yard sale or a way for part time income.

laura @ no more spending said...

Good luck Lisa - the steady stream of blog income and eBay sales will really help you to eliminate that debt!

Aaron Hung said...

Wow that's a lot of credit card debt...I never really got into the whole eBay thing...I sell used college books on half.com but that's about it

Holly Hanson said...

Gazelle intense! YES!!! Total Money Makeover! I love that book! I'm so glad to see others on a Total Money Makeover Journey too!

Congrats on all your great profits from ebay and blogging :)!

CakesandCalculus.blogspot.com said...

Great post! I agree the total money makeover is a great system! Way to go on all of your interent success!

-Holly K

Shaun @ Money Cactus said...

Wow, great effort! I really want to get more organized and sell some of our unused things on eBay, it really does make a lot of sense. I'm making it my goal for this week to get at least one item up there for sale.

Thanks for the reminder!

Miss T said...

Congrats on your progress. You are doing very well.

Jane said...

I'm hoping to either list things on Craigslist or Kijiji or open up an EBay store over the Christmas holidays. Anything I sell will be going to my iPad envelope which right now is forlorn and empty. I'm hoping having a savings goal will motivate me to get started on selling.

Rafiki said...

I have the utmost faith that you will be successful. Next year is going to be awesome.

Carla said...

You do so well with EBay! :) I tend to use Kijiji so I don't have to deal with shipping, etc... let us know how you make out with the change jars!! Good luck! :)

Melissa said...

700 to snowflake is great! If you haven't turned in your change yet, rethink Coinstar. My bank did it for free. (I am too cheap to want to give away 9%. That is more money you could snowflake.) Looking forward to reading how you do each report!

Gingerlatte said...

This is great progress! Kudos on selling successfully on Ebay!

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