I know by the title you are expecting me to proclaim myself a Garage Sale Goddess.  NOT SO!  The Garage Sale Goddess I’m referring to was brought to me by God, via, my very own website.    Now that I’ve done my homework, I know what she was there for and I am sharing her with you.

   Early on the first day of my garage sale, a woman named Dara stepped up to pay for her purchases and handed me another $20 bill.  With it, she had a note, and she said, “I found your blog and think you need to read this book.   The $20 will make sense after you read it.”

   The book was Dave Ramsey’s “Total Money Makeover” and I read it that weekend.  Dara is following the TMM and has her own blog about the process.  The crazy thing about all of this, it’s almost exactly what I had started doing on my own.  

    Now I’m no financial whiz, I was just going by common sense and found that someone else had already laid the groundwork.  Dave Ramsey’s book is the how to, Dara’s blog is a great resource to guide you along the way (check out her many coupons and tips), and my take-away from it all is I don’t have to reinvent the wheel.  As I mentioned in my commencement speech to Wichita State University’s Class of 2009, when something works STEAL IT.

   The other really great thing about this, it was a sign that what I’m doing does work.  Heck Dave’s getting rich off his book, Dara’s living with less the way I want to, and Allelulia, this may just mean I am indeed heading down the right road.  

   Thank you, Dara, for coming into my life, and starting that emergency fund.  Since we’ve met, I’m starting my fund, and I’ve taken Kent’s credit card away.  (He now has his own DEBIT travel fund for work).   The debt is completely paid off save for the house, and that’s the next step!!    Just when I think I may not be able to do this someone tells me I can.  Who am I to say THEY are wrong?!