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Bad last few days....

February 19th, 2013 at 08:31 pm

I have not been at my best the last few days. Lots of bad choices....too much money spent and the need to spend more money.


My step daughter was with us this weekend. I ended up having to give her my credit card to buy lunch and gas....my husband didn't put gas in the truck on his way home. So that was $30 that I didn't plan on spending and definitely didn't plan on putting on my card. And I have zero extra right now...so I am going to see if by Friday I can come up with a way to shave $30 off my budget. I already tightened the budget to come up with the extra money for the HSBC card. Maybe I could split the extra money between the 2 cards? Still make extra progress on HSBC and pay part of the other money back?


Also realized now that I need new brake pads and rotors. Pads on front and back. Rotors just on front. It will cost about $150 (husband can do the labor). I haven't started an Auto jar, so somehow I have to come up with it. I really don't want to take it from savings because we only have $1184 in there.


And my mom had to go to the ER yesterday. So my plan of being extra careful about driving this week isn't going so well. I had to drive from my work to the hospital and back home. The good news...my mom is ok. (Just stress) The bad news...I have a quarter of a tank of gas to last me until Friday. Its Tuesday... and there is no way.


So....I don't know. I can only throw a pity party for so long because I am in this position because of decisions I have made. And I know it could be worse.

Posted in Budgeting, Debt, Personal Finance, Saving Money | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “Bad last few days....”

  1. Petunia 100 Says:
    February 19th, 2013 at 09:29 pm 1361309398
    1361309398

    We all get these unexpected monkey wrenches in our plans from time to time, Rena. It's just your turn. Smile Just do the best you can do.

    Since your husband didn't put gas in the truck, does he still have the gas money? Could that go in your tank now?

  2. JulieA Says:
    February 19th, 2013 at 11:43 pm 1361317388
    1361317388

    uugh, car repairs suck! Those always upset me too because it always seems so random and uncontrollable - even though it really isn't.

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
    February 20th, 2013 at 01:04 am 1361322260
    1361322260

    I'm sorry it's been such a rough week and I'm glad that it was not something serious with your mother going to the hospital.

  4. Carolina Girl Says:
    February 20th, 2013 at 02:30 am 1361327435
    1361327435

    It's great your husband is so handy and able to save the labor for the car repairs. Smile That is a blessing. Glad to hear your mom is okay - that can be scary. Things will look brighter soon. Keep your eye on the prize. Wishing you the best!

  5. sarah Says:
    February 20th, 2013 at 03:46 am 1361331985
    1361331985

    I drive a 2005 corolla with less than 70000 miles on it. The last thing I expected was for the transmission to go out on it. It cost almost $3000 to fix. This almost destroyed my emergency fund.

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