So, Hubby and I have been freaking out about paying bills this week. The whole month we've been broke. According to my checkbook, we've been quickly running out of money all month, and though we haven't been super frugal, we haven't been that spendy, either. Hubby asked me where the money went, and I was ashamed that I couldn't tell him...
until tonight, when I got bored and decided to flip through and update my day planner, and found a pay stub from the beginning of the month that I never recorded in my checkbook. It was a nice, fat paycheck, too (had some extra hours on it).
If I'd bothered to actually, you know, use my day planner at all during the month, I would have noticed that a lot sooner. I put the check in my checkbook and ta-da! Money! Enough to cover groceries and get caught up on the bills! So, no pressing financial emergencies after all. (And yes, while I did notice that my account balance online didn't match my checkbook, I'm always recording bills in my checkbook weeks ahead of time, so they never match up anyways. Though it did seem higher than I thought it should be...)
until tonight, when I got bored and decided to flip through and update my day planner, and found a pay stub from the beginning of the month that I never recorded in my checkbook. It was a nice, fat paycheck, too (had some extra hours on it).
If I'd bothered to actually, you know, use my day planner at all during the month, I would have noticed that a lot sooner. I put the check in my checkbook and ta-da! Money! Enough to cover groceries and get caught up on the bills! So, no pressing financial emergencies after all. (And yes, while I did notice that my account balance online didn't match my checkbook, I'm always recording bills in my checkbook weeks ahead of time, so they never match up anyways. Though it did seem higher than I thought it should be...)
Comment