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Net Worth Update 40: 2020 Spending CSI

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Well hello again! I hope you all got your fill of shamrocks and corned beef last month. With a lot of things moving and shaking, were our finances in March as green as the beer we were drinking? Also, I hold my nose and take a look at last year’s spending.

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Net Worth Update 39: Cabin Fever

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Every winter, I always go in excited for the first “real” snowfall of the year. It’s new, it’s different, it carries with it a bit of excitement… and it’s almost immediately enough to get me wishing for spring and warmer weather. That was February this year. Bitter cold temperatures rivaling any seen in the past 30 years and lingering snowfall canceled classes harkening back to March 2020. And we were the fortunate ones. But even while the world was freezing around us we tried to heat up our journey towards FI.

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Net Worth Update 38: Bringing Breakfast Back

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It’s only been a month, but it seems 2021 told 2020 to “hold my beer”. Every day brings with it something new and weird. But as crazy as everything was outside, January was pretty ho hum around here with all the DIY projects finally wrapped up. So we turned our attention to other matters this month.

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