The April issue of Redbook is out and I am so pleased with the results! If you aren’t able to snag a copy, they have made the article available online and you can read more about our debt-free journey.
My real-life friend and fellow Eleven Mom, Lynnae at Being Frugal, was also featured and you can read about her own story here.
A big thank you to Jonathan Sprague, Kathy Friend, and Gabrielle from Camellia Cosmestics for all helping me look and feel like a superstar.
It was a wonderful day and I will never forget it. I am so proud to have been featured for our family’s financial choices and I hope we can inspire others to live a debt-free life and celebrate!
I’m so happy for you! We just paid off my car and are working on my husband’s. It’s been a lot of hard work, but the results are awesome!
After awhile, being thrifty becomes addictive. It’s hard for me to pay full retail anymore!
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Congratulations! Your family’s story is an inspiration to my family as we work to pay off our unnerving amount of student loan, car loan, credit card and medical debt. I love the Redbook picture and am going to post it where I can see it frequently to help remind me that we, too, can be debt free!
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How exciting! I’m so proud of you,Amy!
~Liz
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Congrats!
That was a very nice article. We have been debt free for around 4 years and it is so worth all the effort.
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You look great and love the brownies!
THANK YOU for sharing your story – it is motivating me to get rid of the debt once and for all. My husband and I are still getting used to living on one income. Keep up all of the great work that you do.
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So happy for you and the photo looks WONDERFUL! You rockstar you! Reckon I need to go ahead and get your autograph?
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I remember when you blogged about the party you had t ocelebrate being debt free. I read the article earlier this week. Very cool!
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Awesome! Can’t wait to read it!
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Love that picture Amy, so beautiful!
Congrats!
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What a great photo, can’t wait to read your story! What a great inspiration you are to other people who feel they can’t get out of debt or don’t know what to do – keep up the good work.
{{hugs}}
Steph
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Amy, this is just awesome! Can’t wait to get my mom’s copy when she’s done with it!
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Awesome article. Even though I read it online I am going out to pick it up. Great inspiration for times I get frustrated with money.
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Oh, thank you so much for your sweet comments and even wanting to get the magazine! It means the world to me and I would have never reached my goal had it not been for my loyal readers and your encouragement along the way.
All things are possible! I hope our story offers encouragement to other families that are struggling!
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Congratulations Amy! You look fabulous too!
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That’s so awesome, and you look just gorgeous, too! Way to go, Amy!
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I read the article online, and it was great. What a great accomplishment for your entire family. Thanks for being an inspiraiton and sharing with us. Oh, and the picture is very nice too
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That’s so awesome that you guys were able to do that. Quite an accomplishment in this day and age. How neat to appear in the magazine!
God bless,
Amanda
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Thanks for sharing this. These days it is so difficult to be debt free but having a guide like this sure helps.
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Congratulations! Yours is a very inspiring story.
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I got my issue yesterday! How exciting. Congrats!
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Congratulations! You look amazing Amy!
I always wonder where they find the folks for those articles. It’s neat to know one.
I never knew you were a fellow New Englander. East or Western Mass?
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Thanks everyone!!
Janel- We used to live in Boxborough and then lived in Pepperell, MA. I worked in Concord, Maynard, & Marlborough when we lived there and did community theater in Acton. I miss it so much, but now we feel quite settled in Indiana
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I am so happy for you! We are slowly working towards getting debt free, and I am so happy every time we pay off something.
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Congratulations to you, Amy. I started following you about a year and a half ago. It is amazing where you are now.
Thanks for all you do and helping us all become more frugal!
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Great article, Amy!! What an inspirational testimony. It’s neat how you and Ryan have come through this together. Thank you for sharing!
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How exciting!!
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You look beautiful (and those brownies look tasty!). Congrats again on being featured in Redbook. I’m so happy for you.
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Let me tell you, I haven’t visited your blog for a little while so I didn’t know you were going to be in GH. When I opened up to your page I read the article and thought the story sounded familiar and then I saw your face on the next page. LOL I couldn’t believe it! How awesome are you!!?!?!?
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Yay–that’s so great, Amy! Thanks for sharing your story–I think success stories are so motivating!
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