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A lot of stuff is going on right now, and I can’t seem to find the words to write it down but I am trying. In the meantime, I feel obligated to report something that happened yesterday that I am not very proud of.
I have been very aggressively paying extra money towards our debt and I really didn’t leave much room for other things until payday. This lead to a little disagreement between my husband and I (one of the things I am trying to write about).
Well, we went shopping yesterday and I’m not very happy to report this…but the credit card came out. Total bill - $104.00. It hurt like you wouldn’t believe to do it and I saw my past coming back to haunt me. I know after payday I will be able to pay it right back, but that hasn’t helped how I feel. I couldn’t even swipe it - I had my husband swipe his card on one of our joint accounts.
I’ll get over having to use it, I know I will. It’s just hard to have done it and hard to have to come on here and write it. I could try to justify the use many different ways, but I don’t want to.
As I often say many times, I just have to pick myself up and keep going. I can’t let one mistake derail the progress that has been made. Just learn from what happened and keep going.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2006 at 9:34 am
Keep plugging, Tricia. We’ve all been there. The setbacks are pretty much a fact of life.
Posted: May 22nd, 2006 at 10:56 am
Chin up! I had a set back this weekend that I’m not to proud of either. Wounds the pride, but sometimes putting on a happy face and perservering is the only way to make it through.
Posted: May 22nd, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Add me to the “has setbacks” list! I take solace in the fact that my overall debt level is still going down and not up. That must mean that I am still doing something right!
Posted: May 22nd, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Thank you everyone
Posted: July 20th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
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Posted: July 20th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
[...] My husband and I get along fairly well, except for one little thing. We often do not communicate clearly with each other. He knows that I am really trying to pay down debt (I take care of all of the finances), but I didn’t make it really clear to him how aggressive I was being. And when I say aggressive, I mean that I am often leaving only a few dollars in our checking account. That action is what led to using the credit card this past weekend. [...]
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