Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Sara's Checking Account: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Not since college has my checking account dipped below $100...until now. Not in several months has it dipped below $400. Some of you fancy pants rich folk might think having only $400 in your checking account the day before payday is living in poverty, but to us it's livin' the high life! Considering in college and just after we REALLY lived paycheck to paycheck, like we would have $5 before payday, having $400 extra is pretty extravagant. However, we have recently been struck by a series of unfortunate events that have kept us busy, hence the lack of blogs, and poor, hence the lack of a life to blog about.
*Top hurt her toe and I panicked and took her to the doggy ER. It turned out to just be a split nail, but it was a $120 split nail.
*While at the vet, it was discovered that Top had two abscessed teeth that were making her sick and needed to be removed. Not only did this make me feel like a terrible mommy, but it cost $240.
*After 7 months of home ownership and several calls to the water company, we were finally billed over $200 for water use thus far.
*I decided that we absolutely positively could not live another year with that scraggly old Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. New tree that we didn't really need: $110. My bad.
*I have recently been given a very large case load at Whiteman Air Force Base. This is about a two hour (one way) drive three or four times a week. While I get reimbursed for gasoline, right now it is taking it's toll in a big way.
*Kevin's truck didn't pass inspection. $350 for new ball joint thingies.
*$75 to get Kev's truck licensed for two years.
It's not so bad, really. At least we are able to pay for these unexpected expenses. We haven't even had to touch our meager savings...yet. So that's good. Now we just have to scrounge up some thoughtful (cheap) Christmas gift ideas and figure out a way to pay that blasted personal property tax!
Not since college has my checking account dipped below $100...until now. Not in several months has it dipped below $400. Some of you fancy pants rich folk might think having only $400 in your checking account the day before payday is living in poverty, but to us it's livin' the high life! Considering in college and just after we REALLY lived paycheck to paycheck, like we would have $5 before payday, having $400 extra is pretty extravagant. However, we have recently been struck by a series of unfortunate events that have kept us busy, hence the lack of blogs, and poor, hence the lack of a life to blog about.
*Top hurt her toe and I panicked and took her to the doggy ER. It turned out to just be a split nail, but it was a $120 split nail.
*While at the vet, it was discovered that Top had two abscessed teeth that were making her sick and needed to be removed. Not only did this make me feel like a terrible mommy, but it cost $240.
*After 7 months of home ownership and several calls to the water company, we were finally billed over $200 for water use thus far.
*I decided that we absolutely positively could not live another year with that scraggly old Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. New tree that we didn't really need: $110. My bad.
*I have recently been given a very large case load at Whiteman Air Force Base. This is about a two hour (one way) drive three or four times a week. While I get reimbursed for gasoline, right now it is taking it's toll in a big way.
*Kevin's truck didn't pass inspection. $350 for new ball joint thingies.
*$75 to get Kev's truck licensed for two years.
It's not so bad, really. At least we are able to pay for these unexpected expenses. We haven't even had to touch our meager savings...yet. So that's good. Now we just have to scrounge up some thoughtful (cheap) Christmas gift ideas and figure out a way to pay that blasted personal property tax!
