A lot of unexpected all at once
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| Thu, 05-22-2008 - 8:31pm |
Last month our dog went into the vet and it turns out she had a bladder infection, food allergy, acid reflux, and an ear infection. A lot I know. That visit cost me $254 + $45 for new food for her (thank god it worked and she wasn't allergic to it too). This week her bladder infection came back so we took her back in. She had some xrays and it turns out she has bladder stones. This visit cost $231. Plus a quote of $1100 for surgery. Eek! We have found another vet that will do it for 1/2 that cost, otherwise we were looking at having to give her up because the surgery will fix it for now, but not guaranteed it won't happen again. :(
My dentist finally billed me for all the cavity work I had done. $260 for that PLUS they are charging me $40 for balance over 30 days. Well, they will get $260 and no more. They bundled my 3 visits into one bill - had they billed me for each visit, I wouldn't be over 30 days. Have to call and argue that tomorrow.
DH backed my car into our retaining wall. Scratched the bumper up pretty good - $300 to fix, but we're waiting on that. I also want to get a remote start installed in my car before winter sometime since DH kicked my car out of the garage (still fighting that battle - I told him he could be my remote start and it would be a lot cheaper).
I've been so good about not using my cards for anything - its been 4 mo since I've charged anything and I love seeing the balances go down. We used our entire stimulus check towards our debt and now I wish I would have saved some of it just so I didn't have to see the number of our debt go back up when its been a steady decrease the last several months.
I really just wanted to vent. The only thing going on the cards will be the surgery and the vet actually gave us a CareCredit application and anything over $300 is interest free for 12 mo so I think we're going to apply for that and see what happens.

