My Debt Blog

As the weekend approaches I can at least rest assured that the end of the month is Monday. At the start of each month I have a paycheck and listing of known expenses and some estimated ones. I’m always on edge as the money starts to run low in the middle and the end of a month. I’m not sure if something bad is going to happen or there will be an unforeseen expense that jumps on me at the wrong time.

June had some rough challenges due to having to go through a root canal and paying the car insurance bill. This was a challenge however at the same time my wife brought home some extra money this month from her new job. This check was for roughly half a week’s worth of training time and helped us buffer some of these increased expenses. Unfortunately even with the extra money and expenses we weren’t able to really tackle the debt load. July is a new month though and we have a vacation planned towards the end of it. Since we’ll be gone for a week of July, some expenses will be reduced. The last thing I want to do is go into debt or blow away the emergency fund in a month we went on vacation.

I’m in the process of creating a post on the various dental work I have had done. This stuff is expensive even with insurance, but it had to be done right away. My insurance changed and it isn’t easy to front the cost while waiting on a check in the mail to put those funds back in my account. I think I’m going to try a different dentist after this last procedure is finished.

Last thing I’m excited about is the annual Taste of Chicago starts this weekend. We got our Taste tickets early during their presale for $6 per strip of 12, 4 strips at a time. Since we were unable to go last year due to a wedding, it should be a good time this year.