I agree with wincrasher - you should be able to adjust your withholding to get back more with each paycheck.
What are the interest rates on the loans and CCs? Not counting any interest, to meet your goals you will need $10,800 ($1300 CC, $2000 emergency fund, $7500 loan), which calculates out to $830 each month from December 09 until December 10. I ran a quick calculation using an average interest rate of 12% on the $8800 of debt you want paid off. That came out to a total debt payment of $725/month for 13 month. Plus you want to add $2000 to your EF, so add $153/month for a total payment of $878/month needed to meet your goals. Right now you are only paying ~$600/month towards those goals ($297 to loan plus $300 to EF). So you need to come up with ~$278/month additional to reach all your goals. Interestingly enough, this is not much more than your car payment, so getting rid of that would pretty much take care of your other goals.
There are two basic schools of thought on which order to pay off your debts. The way to save the most money is to pay the highest interest rate first. Pay only the minimums on all debt and send every extra penny to the highest interest rate debt. This makes the most mathematical sense. The other option is to pay the lowest balance first in order to give you quick wins and keep you motivated on the way. In your case, your lowest balance is the CC which may also be your highest interest rate. Either way, decide which method to use and follow it. After you pay off the first debt, continue using the money you were sending to it to pay off the next debt in line.
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