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July was Good; August BAD

August 2nd, 2009 at 03:42 am

I was paying all the bills (for August) and all that jazz. Read some posts/blogs, and thought maybe I should update my net worth.

The good news? Net worth is about $220k. I think this is most definitely, officially, the highest it has ever been. (Referring to backwards slide of 2008!)

This also puts is up about $24k for the year, and pretty much at our annual goal. Still at the whim of the market, and murphy, and everything else. Will see if we can hold on until year-end.

Oh yes, MURPHY!

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August has not started out well. I am too depressed to post about my stupid, avoidable, big expense, at right this moment. But I will soon enough - like this weekend.

Of course, I remembered we had the same kind of setback last year in July - with all of BM's presumably avoidable cavities. Yeah!

To top it off, I was updating our excel savings sheets and everything and was feeling a little better (looking at our mid-term savings - cash to be used for stupid expense - balance was higher than I remembered). But was reminded looking at all that, that August was our Murphy month last year too. July was cavities to the tune of $2k-$3k, but August was quite a few major expenses as well.

So what is it with summer? Ugh!

I know a lot of my real life friends think we are a little crazy, kind of no-fun saving fuddy duddies who just want to be rich or something. Honestly, my goal has never been to be rich; just to be comfortable. For that we seem to succeed. If not for the ambitious saving goals we could easily drown in all the "unexpected" in life. But instead, we shrug it off and move on. THAT is financial freedom.

We will shrug off our August setback and move on. But I will gripe a bit along the way. Wink

So I am allowing myself one last happy, "Yay for 2009" post, and then I will whine about upcoming expenses on a later post... *sigh*

5 Responses to “July was Good; August BAD”

  1. Lisa Says:
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    Speeding ticket? Don't leave us hanging!

  2. sweetmama Says:
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    Could it be a $1000 ticket for illegal fireworks like my dh got? Frown Does that make you feel any better?

  3. baselle Says:
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    Setbacks really bite! I hate blogging about them too. Frown

  4. fern Says:
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    We all make mistakes.

    Like when i was paying my $600 car repair bill i totally forgot to give them my AAA card, which entitles me to 5% off, or $30, in this case.

    Luckily, I remembered later and called them and they will credit my credit card.

    Just a few big car repairs like this (another one coming soon) will pretty much pay the $90 annual fee for AAA.

  5. monkeymama Says:
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    Fern - no kidding (that we all make mistakes).

    This is why most people NEED to save more. !! Because we are human. Wink
    Speeding ticket? I wish. Those don't cost thousands, do they? (Maybe in insurance?)

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