monthly obligations

[finding_neo]

I should feel like I just went on a spending spree when I pay my credit card bills. 

I just had to pay part of the one I always pay off each month out of my savings. 

It was either that or transfer the balance to another card offering interest free for 18 months with a 2% fee.

Yesterday I spent $170 on a new steam cleaner. 

I still need a new door this fall to replace the one the raccoons tore up trying to get to my bird seed, which has been sitting inside my house all summer drawing pantry moths. So I had to order some moth traps from Amazon.

Spending money never fucking ends. 

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[kronette]

:( I'm in such a hurry to pay off my one card, but I've got a car repair coming up in the next month, the vet bill was $150, and Christmas and the DW con in Chicago are all looming. And next year, the $3800 a/c will need to be replaced, though if I get the card and student loans paid off, then that money will cover that payment easily enough. Not quite getting ahead in savings, but at least not taking more from what I make.

My plan is by my 52nd birthday, the cc, loans and house will be paid off, and I keep that in mind whenever I want to splurge on something really frivolous. (cons are not that; never that; what other chance will I get to see the 5, 6 and 7th Doctors, plus Jaime and Ace?)

My front door with screen door cost me $1200 - $600 for the door and the rest in labor, so be warned. UGH. Good luck.

[finding_neo]

That's why I've put off the door all summer. I wish I could just buy one and put it on myself, but I believe the previous owners cut the screen door across the bottom to make it fit because the opening is not standard....they were a bit redneck. That's also why the raccoon was able to tear it up. I should have had it replaced years ago, but it's a mudroom, so the inside door is on a different wall and does a good enough job keeping cold air out. So I probably need a custom sized door = $$$.

[kronette]

I had to trim the bottom of my doors to get them to fit after they jacked up the foundation (45 years of settling...), so yes, it would probably need to be squared up by a pro. I don't know if you'd need a custom door, though. From what I found out from Lowes is the sizer comes out for an appointment, does all the measuring, THEN you go in and pick a door and schedule it to be installed. Like I would know that from having so many doors installed on my one home :P

[finding_neo]

Oh and I STILL don't know how much I owe the clinic for my breast biopsy/cyst removal, but probably around $1500....luckily I just got a 2% fee, 18 month no interest offer from Capital One so instead of gutting my savings (it's less than 2 grand right now, so yes it would) I think I'll put the bill on there. Not my ideal, but neither was needing those procedures.

[finding_neo]

Oh and hi there! I don't know if the protests will calm down later this week in that area, but I'm considering going to see Billie Piper in Yerma this Thursday evening at the Tivoli. Let me know if you have any interest in that. It's at 7PM. She won the Olivier for the role, so I feel I'd be remiss if I don't see it, although the subject matter of a woman who can't get pregnant isn't really my cup of tea. I just read the Wikipedia entry about it and sounds like it has a lot of symbolism and again Billie is supposed to be phenomenal, so it has to be worth at least the $15 ticket. Really it's an opportunity to get out of town and I've always enjoyed the atmosphere on Delmar when there aren't protestors. Ironically last weekend the Tivoli had a midnight showing of the Matrix, which I thought about going to. Glad I didn't.

[kronette]

Sorry, I can't make Thursday. Babysitting for sis. Have mucho fun and be careful!!

[veronica_rich]

You said it. Especially on a house.