Anxious

This post is a little funny coming on the heels of this post. But it's how I'm feeling and really a true barometer of the ups and downs of getting out of debt.

 I’m getting very anxious for my retro check. I know being anxious about it doesn’t change when it will get here or how much it will be, but I am anxious nonetheless.

Christmas is expensive and I have already spent so much money on it, with so much more to spend.

I am anxious to see how much money I am going to have and anxious to see if any of that money will be “leftover” to pay towards debt.

I have less than two weeks to find out how much money I will have to spend on the rest of our Christmas gifts.

In many ways, we are very far along. All The Girl’s “big” presents are already purchased. Her stocking is full and I really only need to buy her a few smaller things. We are having a little more difficulty with The Boy. He hasn’t asked for much and we are going to get him everything he asked for: portable charger, charging cord, Bluetooth speaker, and other small things like that. I am waiting until my retro check comes in to buy everything for him. His stocking is ready to go too. I’m also well in hand for shopping for The Husband and my parents. We still need to buy presents for my siblings and several of my nieces and nephews. We also need to finish shopping for The Husband’s family. To most people, that still sounds like a lot, but for my ginormous family we are actually about 50% done.

At this point, I just want to be able to finish up my Christmas shopping and know exactly how much money I have to spend. I can run numbers and make guesses all day, but because I’ve determined how I want to use that money, I want to know exactly how much money we’re talking and put that money to use!