Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Finally

Today is the day I get my retro check! I finally get to find out how much it is going to be for!

I've known about this check for a couple of months and I knew the percentage of my paycheck that it was going to be, but that didn't translate well into dollars in my head.

The plan for this money was to pay for Christmas. (About half of which I already bought, so I "owe" myself some money.) I was hoping the amount into my account would be about $750. And the closer it got, to "payday" the more anxious I have been getting.

I logged-in to my bank account online this morning and was so excited to see a deposit from my district in the amount of $1383.80!!! Woohoo! That's nearly double what I was expecting!

It actually will be enough to pay for everything we were hoping it would cover: Christmas gifts, food for our Christmas party, and our day at the Charles Dickens Christmas Fair. Depending on how much we spend on gifts, it might even be enough to cover, or at least contribute to, tickets to a family Christmas play!

I'm so excited! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would receive almost $1400! Truth be told, I was afraid that my guess of $750 was high and that I wouldn't even get that much! This money really feels like a blessing as we head deeper into the holiday season. I'm so excited to have a way to pay for all our upcoming expenses and traditions. If we are being completely honest here, I wish the money had come weeks ago, but I am certainly not going to look a gift horse in the mouth!

I'm so excited! In a lot of ways, and for a lot of the people on my list, I have felt like I was at a stand still; now I can really start to make a dent in my Christmas shopping and start to cross things and people off of my list!

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