
And the long-term care insurance I bought -- which I believe is a wise (pardon the phrase) long-term investment -- will be a short-term bite in the ass. $1020/year for a $78,000 benefit, which will be adjusted for inflation, still makes sense, but that extra $85 every month will hurt. The older I get, the more expensive LTC coverage becomes, and it's fiscally responsible to buy it now. I just don't wanna.
So obviously today, I'm bringing brown-bagging my lunch. And praying it doesn't snow that much. I paid $300 for my mom's snow removal -- which covers four visits of the plow. I'm hoping that Mother Nature is sympathetic to my plight and allows that to carry me through Valentine's Day.
Fingers crossed that the weather holds.
ReplyDeleteI'm revising my financial situation, too. I need to get serious about it.
eating out during the holidays killed my budget...so since the first of the year i have only ate out once a week. i can really tell it has helped the checkbook.
ReplyDeletebrown bagging is better for the waist line too!! unless you pack along a bag of cookies...ha ha