My husband and I got married young, at 22 and 23, when my husband was a young ensign in the Navy. I was newly graduated from college. He was stationed in Texas. I struggled finding employment, so I went back to grad school. After we used the rest of the funds from our undergraduate degrees, it was important to pay cash for my master's degree. We were already on a tight budget, so I had to find creative ways to reduce our costs. We did the … [Read more...]