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Can't Believe I Spent....

January 29th, 2007 at 04:55 pm

I spent $200 on tickets to go to 2 Red Sox games in September! And to make matters worse, I charged them on my cc that already has $3400. Luckily though there's no interest on it until November. Still that just puts me $200 more in debt. Well maybe a $100 more as I'm splitting this with a friend of mine. Just clicking the "Place Your Order" button on the net makes it so easy to get whatever I want. This is a bad thing!

I feel like I am out of control, to some extent, of my financial situation. I can and should be in complete control of my financial situation. I'm a bit of a control freak and it irks me that I'm having trouble with this area of my life. I'm not horribly in debt right now but I guesstimate that I'm somewhere in the vicinity of $4000. I've never owed that much money even when I was paying for some post graduate college schooling and I was making less than I am now.

I have to gain control again! I'm not by any means broke even though I feel like I sometimes am. $30 here and $30 there for dinner and/or drinks adds up. Even though I'm struggling a bit with the debt, I am at least saving some money and maxing out my Roth IRA. I do have excellent credit. I don't believe my spending is completely out of control, I just need to fine tune it some.

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2 Responses to “Can't Believe I Spent....”

  1. JanH Says:
    January 29th, 2007 at 05:45 pm 1170092717
    1170092717

    Start with one item at a time. Maybe one meal out a week less. Get used to it, then do another. Before you know it, there will be more money for paying the things you really want to do -like go to the game! And you will feel like you are more in control. I learned here that babysteps work on finances!

  2. frugalmomof1 Says:
    January 29th, 2007 at 09:05 pm 1170104702
    1170104702

    Perhaps you could make your credit card 'less accessible'if using it is causing you to accumulate more debt than you are comfortable with.

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