The $500 Challenge Update and Link-Up

After a lot of preparation, we finally had our yard sale last weekend and thankfully the weather cooperated and wasn't an issue.

We made $180...woohoo!! I fell short of my goal of making half of my $500 through the yard sale, but honestly by the end of the sale, there wasn't much left of any real value. I have several boxes of stuff that I need to drop off at the Salvation Army for donation and I also have a few closets and drawers that feel much lighter. And my garage has a dance floor again.

Next Thursday, May 6 is the final tally post for the $500 Challenge. I have a few things that I need to wrap up before then, like cash in our change jar, review our spending for April to see if we had any reductions in spending and submit a $50 rebate.

So essentially, you have an extra week to get any last minute additions to your final tally too!

How are you doing with the challenge? If you are a blogger participating in the challenge and making updates on your site about your progress, please link up your most recent update with Mr. Linky. If you are not a blogger and are participating in the challenge, please let us know how you are doing in the comment section.

Make sure you take some time to check back over the next few days and visit the other links to see how the other bloggers are doing with their challenge. This is a great opportunity to find/meet/support other bloggers and get some ideas on how to find $500!

A few Mr. Linky guidelines:

• Please link your most recent challenge updates to Mr. Linky. If you are not a blogger, please tell us about your challenge updates in the comment section.
• Please post the link to your update, NOT to your homepage. To do this, click on your update post, copy and paste the whole url address into the Mr. Linky.
• I also ask that you post a link back to Family Balance Sheet in your article.
• If you are reading this post via a reader or email, you will need to click through to post your link and to visit others who have linked up.

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