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Friday, December 2, 2011

Sister Gets Her Own Place

Post contributed by Josue Durham

     My sister just moved into her own place and loves it. To be honest, I never thought this day would come. My sister is the worst person at money management. She spends money as quick as she gets it and I never thought she would save enough to have her own place. However, I have been very pleasantly surprised. She did a lot of research and found a very affordable apartment. She even looked at http://www.shopelectricityratestexas.com/ for affordable rates.

     She made sure she was getting the best price on everything she had installed. She even showed me her budget. I didn’t even know my sister knew what a budget was. To make it even more unbelievable, she actually ended up under budget. A girl who spent every pay check she got is now saving money and living on her own. I guess she is an example that people do change. I am so proud of her and only wish I had been more supportive and helpful in the past. Then maybe she would have made this change a lot sooner.