$10.00 on 2, Please

Our budget hit problems on day one. Partner forgot she was supposed to contribute money for a baby shower at work.

I forgot we are supposed to bring a vegetable tray to the kid's daycare picnic tomorrow.

And the gas tank was empty.

I realized that I overestimated the amount of money I borrowed from my kid's savings account, which meant I could still borrow $76.00 more without REALLY increasing the debt total I wrote yesterday. (sick. rationalizing. etc) At least I didn't use the credit card, right? (I have about 30K in credit).

I realized I could fill the gas tank or the rent check would bounce. For the first time in probably 10 years I walked into the gas station and said "Give me $10.00 on 2 please."

Normally I just put it on the debit card and let the chips fall. But as you can see from the previous post, this has not been a financially sound approach.

We found out that the daycare center STILL does not have an opening on Friday, so come September we have to find a new babysitter (more expensive then the center).

I wonder if there are ever days that are like "Wow, this day was financially BETTER then I thought!"