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July 9th, 2007 at 03:01 pm

Well, as Dave says, it feels like Murphy moved into the spare bedroom. Its just one thing after another for me.

I took my car into the shop today for the check engine light and a belt squealing. I asked them to call with an estimate before starting any work.

So they called me back, trying to upsell me on a dozen different things. She gave me an estimate of 809.85. I said no to most of the upsells, but the major problems are going to cost me $599.95. I have $500.00 in my car repair fund and I'll spring for the rest out of my overtime.

What sucks the most is that I was planning to use that car repair money for new breaks, which I'm going to need soon. Oh well.

I am working on the finding a roommate/2nd job situation & I'm MUCH more highly motivated now.

Also, today I"m at work for the last possible overtime for July. Some of my coworkers are ordering from my FAVORITE place, but I declined and will instead eat the peanut butter and crackers in my desk.

I will be spending tonight though. Here's the background- I've been loosely following the weight watchers plan, but recently cancelled my online subscription to save some money. Over the weekend, my mom started asking me about the plan & to look at my materials. My mom is seriously overweight, with some major medical issues. She's also battling depression. Her doctors have told her that she needs to loose weight, but she's made no effort.

It really hurts my family to see her like this & for about a year now, I've been encouraging her to join weight watchers with me. However, she wants to do the meetings & thats not something I"m really into.

When she brought WW up over the weekend, I jumped on board & told her that I wanted to go to the meetings & would she come along as a buddy & she actually agreed! So I'm going to buy the monthly pass, so that we can go together for the month & once she's into the program, I'll stop going to the meetings (and continue online), but we'll still be weight loss buddies. The monthly pass is $39.95, but well worth it if I can help my mom get healthy!

Posted in Overtime, Spending | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Car repair expenses”

  1. moi aussi Says:
    July 9th, 2007 at 06:05 pm 1184004302
    1184004302

    good luck with the WW and your mum. i think it's great that you are teaming up with your mum.

  2. JanH Says:
    July 10th, 2007 at 12:40 am 1184028001
    1184028001

    Cars are such expensive rascals. Good job for figuring out how to help your mom! It will be well worth the money when she loses the weight and gets her health back.

  3. boomeyers Says:
    July 10th, 2007 at 01:33 am 1184031206
    1184031206

    Wow - it is just one thing after another, isn't it? You could be Murphy's poster child! Smile I think I am going to join WW too. With the pass. That is so nice of you to go with your mom and encourage her. I hope it works! (For all of us!)

  4. SicilyYoder Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 11:34 pm 1210808051
    1210808051

    Murphy always hits in numbers- unless you have a 100% funded emergency fund ( I don't ...yet) and then he seems to go elsewhere. That was alot of willpower- to not order from your fav place. But think about how wonderful it will be to have your loan paid off!!!

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