Tidbits

You know our paycheck drama so imagine my surprise when I checked our bank account this morning and The Husband’s paycheck was deposited like normal. All our maneuvering and fudging of money was really for naught. But I’m still so happy that we had an emergency fund that we could move around as needed!

Not only was his paycheck deposited like normal, but it was also a little high; not much, only by about $70. That was a pleasant surprise. When I mentioned this to him, he told me he had a little overtime on his check. I didn’t know about it, but it was nice to finally have a little more money when we usually have less than we expected.

I’m also very thankful for that extra $70 because in order to pay back my friend this week, I was actually $160 short. This “extra” money brings us to only $90 that I need to come up with. I’m so happy that I will be able to strike one more debt off the list!

I also had to pay for a field trip for The Girl. The cost is $30 per person and as I am going, we had to pay $60. First of all, as I was gathering the money to pay yesterday, The Girl asked me if I had an envelope for “school” like I do for gas, food, etc. I showed her, that yes I do, but I told her it was currently empty. As I went to show her it was empty, I opened the envelope and found $20. I was so excited! I only had to come up with $40 instead of $60! I took money from the petty cash jar we had at home, but it is very low and there was only $20. I made up the difference with the left over money in my gas envelope for the week.  Which brings me to my next tidbit.

Due to various and sundry reasons, I had no money left over in any of my envelopes this week. We had to drive over an hour for soccer games two weekends in a row, we far exceeded our grocery budget (bought lunch snacks and meat which = $), and we met with realtors many nights making dinner a busy affair. Originally, my plan was to use extra envelope money to make up the deficit for what I owe my friend. That didn’t pan out, so the $70 extra work dollars will make a big difference.

I also got a great email from one of The Girl’s teachers today. I sent in her field trip money, $60 for the two of us, and her teacher told me they aren’t charging parents. She said she sent $30 home with my daughter. This helps to make up the deficit even more. Now, I’m only $60 short. I am going to completely pay my friend back and will use $60 from the 401K loan to make up the difference. Every little bit helps and once I write the check for this, that’s one more debt completely wiped away!

These are all random thoughts that weren’t enough, individually, to write a blog post about. Maybe I’ll make it a semi-regular occurrence to write about my tidbits… we’ll see.