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By: Why I love debt | Miss Thrifty

Why I love debt | Miss Thrifty — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:56:56 +0000

[...] By the end of the year, the debt is all gone. It feels amazing. Friend: paid off. Family member: paid off. Stonking overdrafts: paid off. By now my husband’s business has become profitable, so we are living off two incomes again. We even manage to fund a return visit to the USA, where we have a wonderful thrifty holiday. [...]

By: Back to the UK with a bump | Miss Thrifty

Back to the UK with a bump | Miss Thrifty — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:16:24 +0000

[...] suffering horribly with jetlag but at least I’m unpacked now. I hope to post more about our Thrifty Roadtrip over the coming days; right now I’m still trawling through my crammed RSS reader, and [...]

By: Zath

Zath — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:33:37 +0000

Sounds like a really cool trip you've got planned - very inspiring, I'd love to do a roadtrip like that, maybe something to look at for next year! Have a great time! Zaths last blog post..PS3 Hard Disk Upgrade

By: admin

admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:16:56 +0000

@steve @Millie @Aryn: Thanks so much for your advice! The SF -> Ely day is troubling me; it’s the first full day of the trip and we’re tight for time as it is, so I don’t want to fall behind that early! Fingers crossed.
– Miss T.

By: Aryn

Aryn — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:19:34 +0000

It takes about 3.5-4 hours to get from SF to Reno, but it really just depends on the road conditions over the passes. Things look a lot closer on maps of the west than they actually are, especially on curvy mountain roads. Aryns last blog post..That Makes Me Stabby: The Second Economic Stimulus Proposal

By: Millie

Millie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:59:32 +0000

Your trip sounds like fun.

The SF to Ely day has the potential of being a nightmare, depending on when exactly you’ll be traveling in November. It’s hard to predict what the conditions will be like!

I can’t speak for NV, but I’m from northern CA so I know a bit about that. If they close I-80, you’ll def be okay until you hit the Truckee area about 3 hours into the driving that day. It’s really hit-or-miss sometimes.

Good luck!

By: steve

steve — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:41:52 +0000

sounds like fun.

your trip is a little different, so you probably wouldn’t want to do this, but my girlfriend (she’s Scottish) taught me how to REALLY go thrifty when we went car camping in Nova Scotia.

We would just pull over on the side of the road at a likely spot and pitch our tent. We also had 2 campstoves and cooking stuff in a big bin in the trunk (the boot) of the car. So we would just stop at the supermarket, pick up small portions of meat and vegetables, and have a saute or a stew cooked out behind the car.

Once a day we would eat at a restaurant, and when the weather was really bad we rented a room instead of camping.

It was a beautiful trip.

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By: admin

admin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:46:08 +0000

Thanks for your tips guys!

@Frugal Trenches: November! Nice and sunny in AZ – not sure about NV and UT though…

- Miss T.