Post of Joy and Celebration
Jun. 22nd, 2012 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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actyourwageo.O
I just paid off my credit card balance. In its entirety.
I may have a couple of dollars of interest to pay next month, but that sucker is GONE.
o.O
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PARTY IN THE COMMENTS!!! COME AND TELL ME FANTASTIC THINGS ABOUT YOURSELVES!!!
... Dammit. I need some form of sparkly tiara gif. I DESERVE A SPARKLY TIARA GIF.
I just paid off my credit card balance. In its entirety.
I may have a couple of dollars of interest to pay next month, but that sucker is GONE.
o.O
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PARTY IN THE COMMENTS!!! COME AND TELL ME FANTASTIC THINGS ABOUT YOURSELVES!!!
... Dammit. I need some form of sparkly tiara gif. I DESERVE A SPARKLY TIARA GIF.
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Date: 2012-06-21 11:56 pm (UTC)Now a fantastic thing... *thinks* Oh, well, I paid off my car earlier this year, and I got a new job with decent pay (while also staying on at my old one part-time just because). Even after splurging a bit for my birthday recently, I've still managed to add over $600 back to my savings account and get my checking account back up to a nice level. I was really pleased about it when I checked my accounts this morning.
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Date: 2012-06-22 12:16 am (UTC)Also, well done on the two jobs. HAVING SAVINGS IS AWESOME AND SO ARE YOU!!!
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Date: 2012-06-22 12:14 am (UTC)And um... me.... Um.... I'm a pretty good friend. :) And not as far in debt as I could be!
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Date: 2012-06-22 12:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-22 12:31 am (UTC)We paid for our new bathroom with cash?
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Date: 2012-06-22 01:12 am (UTC)fantastic thing? um? well, my fiancee and I have our shit together enough to be able to pay for our wedding completely up-front with cash and checks and such, and don't have to resort to debt (or wrangling money from parents).
i feel like i'm gloating or something.
*goes back to lurking*
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Date: 2012-06-22 01:25 am (UTC)(Also, celebrating your achievements: totally not gloating. It's inspirational--you did it, and others can aspire to it!)
(Also also, well done on Not Borrowing Money from your parents. I love my Mum and Dad, I do, but I prefer to leave borrowing money for disasters.)
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Date: 2012-06-22 01:39 am (UTC)Thanks for the reassurance. And more YAY for you
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Date: 2012-06-22 05:35 am (UTC)Either that or you have a seekrit source of Money Trees and you aren't sharing *eyes you suspiciously*
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Date: 2012-06-22 05:31 am (UTC)THAT IS AS IMPRESSIVE AS ALL GET OUT. GO YOU!!!
I'm. Still juuuust before the stage of buying a Major Purchase (eg. $1000 or more) without going into debt. BUT I WILL ACHIEVE IT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
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Date: 2012-06-22 02:41 pm (UTC)Fantastic thing? Hmmm... Well, I've managed to save up some of my student loan so that I have a bit to fall back on now that it's taking a bit longer than it's supposed to. And I have an awesome family that is willing to help me until I can graduate and get a job. (Then I have to pay back my massive loan, but oh well. :~D)
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Date: 2012-06-23 01:30 am (UTC)Good things? Well, I'm working more than 40 hrs between two jobs while going to school this summer in an attempt to save and make extra $$. That's the overachiever in me! haha
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Date: 2012-06-23 07:55 am (UTC)And congrats on working the two jobs! I hope that works out for you!
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Date: 2012-06-23 04:42 am (UTC)My credit card and car loan debt are consolidated into my mom's replacing-her-roof loan now, which is nice for me in the short term--I'll start throwing money at them once I have a more stable job. But in the mean time, I finally have a decent job (albeit contract, and hence term-limited), which means I can do things like look at spending an entire month's disposable income on cat dental bills and not want to cry. Much.
I'm still digging out from the underemployed-couldn't-afford-things-like-car-maintenance hole, so not really saving money yet...but I can afford car maintenance and vet bills (one of the cats has asthma now, and I need to get her thyroid tested, in addition to the upcoming dental bills of doom), and I have health and dental insurance and no legit excuse anymore for not going to a human dentist myself. So it's a step in the right direction.
I'm just super-glad I don't have to count pennies and skip healthcare in order to pay for food. I haven't added to my debt in a long time, but living on my paycheck came at the expense of not doing important things.
Also the Feds now think I make enough money to make (token) payments on my student loans! Woo.
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Date: 2012-06-23 08:02 am (UTC)Yay for having a good job!
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Date: 2012-06-23 11:50 am (UTC)I have nothing awesome to add to that, sadly, but I'm hoping that things change in the future :)
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Date: 2012-06-25 11:30 pm (UTC)And thank you!
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