Can't afford 'em.
glares at world of finance
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Aims - Mar 20, 2006 2:46:12 pm PST #4601 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aims - Mar 20, 2006 2:50:03 pm PST #4602 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sometimes, I wish we got paid once a month. That way, I could pay everything for the month and know it was paid. You get behind one month and it takes everything just short of not eating to catch it back up.
We make too much money between us to STILL have problems. I've spent the past week downgrading EVERYTHING. Cell phones plans? Cut in half. Digital cable? Gone. Faster-than-NASA internet access? Downgraded to normal person cable internet(I can only give up so much, folks.). Unlimited long distance land line plan? Downgraded to 200 minutes. And yet, because I'm behind, I'm still in the hole and I am trying like hell not to rob Peter to pay Paul to get caught up. That way lies THE BIGGER HOLE and I don't want to get in it.
Just...blah blah blah first world problems.
amych - Mar 20, 2006 2:55:28 pm PST #4603 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Getting paid once a month makes more difference for me than anything else, even when I was making about the same as I was in more-frequently-paid jobs. When I know the bills are paid up, I can tighten up on the daily expenses as much as I need to.
Umm, no actual advice. But tons of sympathy.
Sparky1 - Mar 20, 2006 2:56:49 pm PST #4604 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
I miss getting paid every other Friday because of the joy of the three paycheck month.
brenda m - Mar 20, 2006 2:57:57 pm PST #4605 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, but that's countered by the occasional three-weekend-pay period.
Nicole - Mar 20, 2006 3:26:42 pm PST #4606 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Yay, bt! That's wonderful news for both of you!
I didn't want to spend money on a thumb drive so I borrowed one from a co-worker. Now I have what I need from my work computer and I didn't have to part with $$$. This makes me happy.
We make too much money between us to STILL have problems. I've spent the past week downgrading EVERYTHING.
It's takes a little while to even out and get ahead, sweetie. Give it time. {{{Empress}}}
Aims - Mar 20, 2006 3:30:00 pm PST #4607 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't WANT it to take time! I want to be rich RIGHT NOW!
stamps foot effectively
Pix - Mar 20, 2006 3:32:08 pm PST #4608 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
If that works, can I borrow your foot?
amych - Mar 20, 2006 3:32:31 pm PST #4609 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
t forwards Aimee email from a nice gentleman in Nigeria whose family oil business has fallen on hard times in the recent turmoil
-t - Mar 20, 2006 3:35:03 pm PST #4610 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry, Aimee. It sure sounds like you're doing everything right and will be out of that hole soon, if that's any consolation.
I amm irresponsibly not looking at my finances. At all. As long as I can pay bills as they come due and make payments on the credit cards, I'm pretending everything is rosy. I honestly have no idea how our income compares to our expenses for the first time in ages, because I'm afraid of what I'd find.