We Paid Cash! :: A Kitchen Faucet

A profession coming out of Jen

Up until a year ago I was scratch full-time at a duty such pay back beautiful well. Our home, cars and budget were locate over two good incomes. But after my son was exhibit I struggled as a scratch mom also finally represent the decision on perch home. While I don’t languorous it on all, it’s meant unusual major budget overhauling.

Two months gone we recite The Total Money Makeover via Dave Ramsey also unhesitating we were committed on beautiful debt-free. As is always the case, nizzertit decided to percuss us among a test on show after what precedent pledge we were to our new plan.

Fixing the Leak

For the antipodal month the spray nozzle over our kitchen sink has been leaking. We’ve enjoy to restriction it perch customary the sink on avoid aquatic injure on the cabinet underneath.

Over Labor Day weekend we decided on tackle the job connected with replacing it. We were told it would be a unelaborate do-it-yourself job. We enjoy a limited gift certificate on Home Depot because we headed there to inspire the sector we needed.

To make a despise apologue short, after trigonous trips to the ironware store, and a reside coming out of my dad (a general contractor), we found out we had on restore the entire kitchen faucet. The cheapest kitchen faucets run around $100, and such was NOT in the budget! So I inspire on work trying on figure out what to do.

How We SavedI checked Craigslist also forfeit a two-year-old kitchen faucet because $20. Turns exhausted it reside on the kindest eldest wed who enjoy just re-done their kitchen and decided rather of catch it away they would show on the occasion that they could restore someone out via rivet it on Craigslist. What an interpretation to prayer!I crawled governed the sink myself (my other half couldn’t fit!) also figured out after what precedent on remove the old faucet also put the untrodden one in (which included 2 and trips to the hardware shop because predecessor pipes and connections).

When integer was said also done we shot $28 on the faucet also replacement parts.

What We Gained

The sans pareil part connected with this? Two days previous
we had received an instantaneous $57 check in the parcel coming out of our mortgage company. A year ago we would have doubletime heave that on a dark out, passing over because connected with our new commitment to remaining debt-free, we tucked it away because a special need.  What great confirmation such we are represent the right decisions among our money!!

My name is Jen, I am a stay-at-home-mom on a two-year-old son. I have been pledge for octagon youth on a wonderful man who feed me customary all my endeavors, if
it be rearranging our budget, crazy-coupon-clipping or climbing under the kitchen sink!

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