We knew it was going to happen...it happens to everyone! It was unavoidable, predictable, yet we still didn't plan for it. We were just crossing our fingers hoping it would go away...hoping the problem wouldn't smack us in the face....and then it did.
The hubby's old, beat-up, never taken care of, '98 Honda Civic's muffler and exhaust fell off while he was on a major highway. Luckily it didn't fly off and hurt anyone, it dangled on a thread or wire or something until we got it into the mechanic. Needless to say this 188,000 mile car needed $600 worth of repairs to make it drivable.
Hence, road block #1.
Road block #2 was a little more of a conscious decision. The hubby had started his new job and needed more work clothes. Unavoidable when the belt loops on his dress pants were wearing out and his shoes he had wore every day walking all over Chicago the past year were falling apart. There went another $300.
So the Debt payoff for the month of August has been pitiful....really it has just been the minimums ($200). We also have a vacay back home to Colorado coming up and we want to save a little bit before we head out there so we don't completely screw over our September budget.
Trying to stay strong! Reading some other blogs about people who paid off debt and some setbacks they met along the way. I keep telling myself it's a marathon not a sprint.
Cheers to vacation coming up I guess?? I refuse to let our debt snowball slowdown ruin our vacation and we will still do fun things while we are back visiting family and friends. When we get back in September, it's game on.
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