Net worth and debt reduction update +$12,210

October was a good month... we had a baby (well, technically in September, but just for a few hours)! Financially it was good as well. We missed our goal on the debt reduction front, but I attribute that to the lack of time I had to monitor spending, as well as the mess that is our insurance and FSA payments. We probably have a couple hundred dollars coming back to us soon. We made almost $1,200 in progress towards our debt pay down, about $800 shy of our goal. That puts us at 30% progress-towards-goal, with $11,000 paid down in just five months. However, we did have a positive net worth increase of over $12,000 (5%) for the second month running, boosted primarily by growth in retirement assets. October September Difference Retirement 177,220 166,533 10,688 Real Estate Equity 81,337 80,911 426 Stocks 3,760 3,842 (81) Cash vs. Credit Card Debt (26,204) (27,382) 1,177 TOTAL 234,114 223,903 12,210