Sunday, March 25, 2012

GBU - March 25, 2012

Any one else wondering where March went????

  

The Good: 
  • We bought our new mattress, and it will be delivered this week.
  • We can apply for our retirement loan anytime now.
  • My flowers are starting to sprout!!!
The Bad:
  • Still have loose ends on paperwork.
  • Gas prices are UP.
  • We ALMOST bought new furniture yesterday (but we didn't. Impulse shopping!)
  • We splurged a little and bought new pillows to go with the mattress. 
  • We are considering buying concert tickets....between tickets, babysitter, parking, and probably something for dinner....we are looking at a $500 night.
The Ugly:
  • My root canal is still causing problems.
  • We have to go grocery shopping, and payday isn't until Wednesday.
  • My side totals are off.  We used our CC for a few things, plus interest that just hit....UGH. The mattress is throwing it off some, but we were accounting for that in our upcoming loan.  I am just upset looking at the numbers.

You know the deal....what are your GBUs this week???

9 comments:

  1. How much are concert tickets? Could you go but skip dinner to save money? (Eat at home beforehand). Concert tickets are always a red flag for me for anyone getting out of debt - they cost so much these days! And they (say 40 - 50 a year) were the reason I had massive debt for years, and were the first thing I cut and I didn't miss them the way I thought I would, so I would recommend not going at all.

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  2. We haven't been to a concert in about 10 years. The tickets are $115 each (so $230 for both of us). Concert starts at 7, which means we have to leave our house by 5 to allow for traffic and parking. We probably won't get home until close to midnight (it is a 3 hr concert). So 5pm-12am is $70 for the sitter.

    I over estimated....we are at $300 now. Dinner out wouldn't be anything major....most likely something on the go. So maybe we are closer to $350 with dinner and parking.

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  3. Oohh... Enjoy your new mattress!! :) What concert are you wanting to go see? I'll let you know if it's worth the price of the tickets... Hahaha!!!

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    1. KISS and Motley Crue. The are each putting on a 90 min show.

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    2. My poor hubby wants to go see KISS SO SO bad! He is a HUGE fan! It's just not in the cards to speed $85+ on a concert ticket when I gotta pay off some debt and stop being a slave to it!!

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  4. I say no to the tickets. Think of what that could pay off. Sorry.

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  5. I agree with Courtney--it is hard to say that you can afford this given your numbers and lack of progress over the last few months.

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  6. I think you got pillows instead of the concert! A better purchase anyway!

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  7. I'd say make a Pandora radio station with those artists, cook a meal and rock out at home. Use the money saved on tickets to pay extra on the lowest debt. You'll feel much better.

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