Doing it the right way.

Ok so I don't want to talk about the possible government shutdown, but being an army wife I can't ignore what may come next week. However I have fallen off the wagon and bought freely since paying off our car in Feb. We should have been putting about $1000 a month towards our remaining $10000 debts, but we have not. We have also spent through our saving buying DH a required military uniform (about $500 when all was said and done) and just having fun with the family. Now with this possible paycheck loss I don't have built up savings and I'm risking a 1/2 a paycheck. It was just what I needed to pick my crap up and quit buying stuff I don't need and get back to where I'm going to be at the end of 2011. I've recently started buying tons of cloth diapers (more than I need for 1 baby in diapers), and yesterday I started listing them for sale. I have other clothing items listed on a local yardsale site and I will be putting all funds back into my savings so that I never face this again. I'm going to build my savings back up and get back down to business and get all this debt off my back and be one in a time like this who feels sorry for everyone else while I'm still comfortable for several months. So with half our normal pay I can pay all our bills, and buy food for the remaining 2 weeks of the month and put about $250 into the savings for just in case we are still having issues at the end of April.