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i have been paying on a student loan, and had been deferred for medical reasons for quite awhile, recently i decided just to jump in and start paying it, and i have been keeping a money log of all the unnecessary spending, so far from 2/24, i have spent nearly 300 on eating out, renting movies, coffee, newspapers and other needless items
so next month, i am paying the equivilent of what i spent needlessly on my loan!!!

- Submitted by SOFT_VAL67 3/12/2012 in Saving Money | 3 Comments

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NRCASLER 3/26/2012 5:13:00 PM

You can also rent movies for free from your local library.

RGRANT79 3/22/2012 10:45:00 PM

good idea! I have student loans that have been on deferment too, guess I should save the money in a jar that I would spend going out. One thing is you still need to make sure you are allowing yourself some entertainment. Instead of having a television with cable or even a tv box, we use the internet....you can get all sorts of movies and programs from the internet...

MSROZZIE 3/12/2012 9:44:00 PM

Good for you, and goodbye student loan.

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