Until a recent conversation with The Husband, I didn’t
realize how much money was outstanding that is owed to us.
I saw a charge for $100 on our credit card (made by The
Husband) that I asked him about. He told me that was for a ticket change we had
to make with our season tickets to the theater and that because we had to
change from a Friday night to a Saturday night, there was an upcharge of $25
per ticket… so my sister and her husband owe us $50 for that.
We also bought tickets for a Christmas show at a smaller
local theater for ourselves and two other couples. Each pair of tickets was
$153. There is another $306 that is owed to us. (This was charged over a month
ago because it was apparently from our last billing period.) I’m hoping when we
see my brother this weekend, he will have the money for us, from both him and
his wife and their friends that we are going with.
Throughout the year, my mom and I are constantly owing each
other money. She’ll buy something for me, then I’ll buy something for her and
so on and so forth. Our current total
was her owing me $81. She paid me back this weekend.
Due to my bank
debacle, I have $100 extra dollars in my bank account. I am going to
take the $81 she gave me and put it in my car repair envelope and then send the
extra money in my checking account to the credit card.
As soon as we are paid back for those tickets, I will send
that money, all $306, straight to the credit card!
I’m also expecting a credit from our Japan trip. I don’t
have any idea how much that will be, but whatever the total is per person, I
get two times that as both my son and myself went. None of this money will be
spent. I will put the entire amount into our savings account/emergency fund to
top it off and get it back to $10000. (Also, I’m hoping The Daughter applies to
go so any money we have left from our trip I plan to rollover to help pay for
her trip.)
We do still owe my best friend money from our Japan trip.
She paid for the full amount of the hotel room and some random souvenirs. I
need to total that up and pay her back. Once I figure out the amount, I can
budget for it in our monthly budget.
Baby steps and spoonfuls at a time. We will get out of debt!
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