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Posted on : 21-10-2009 | By : The Wife | In : Money, The Journey, budgeting

Tags: debt free living, living debt free, spending

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and ultimately become sacrifices . . .

I very much would love to be a “chauffeur” for my son - he’s going on a field trip with his class next week and they are looking for volunteer drivers.

Cool! I’m in.

Only to learn that it will cost $3 admission to the event I would be driving to.

Hum. We have decided to budget so tight that $3 is nothing to sneeze at and frankly, I’d much rather throw it towards debt and be FREE than to spend it just so I can drive (and pay for gas too).

It’s things like this that come up and nickle - and - dime you to death.

Don’t let that happen.

Don’t let others make you feel guilty for not doing something like the above when the ultimate reason you are doing it is so much better for you and your family then to drive a few classmates on a field trip.