i can taste it
Last night I put a little chunk of money on my old credit card debt.
I broke a thousand!!!
I now owe a little over $900 on the consolidation loan that I used to wipe my credit cards clean in the fall of 2006. Finally - a three digit balance! Psychologically, this is a milestone.
Do you know how eager I was to break a thousand about two months ago? I was so close, I could taste it. I was within reach of paying off the entire balance before the end of December. I had my facts and figures all ready to go. All I was waiting for was a couple more paychecks to make that final payment, and then… my employer’s parent company eliminated some positions, and one of them just happened to be mine. Suddenly my perspective changed. Suddenly the money I was going to use to pay off debt from my past became more precious to my immediate present and future - and I couldn’t part with it as I had planned. I even received a severance package that could have paid my remaining loan balance with surplus to spare - but again, I needed that money in my pocket, not my creditor’s.
But now that I’ve got an income again, I’m back on my mission. My old credit card debt has been dogging my mind and my cash flow for years. Those credit cards were off limits to me for years because I couldn’t afford to get into any more debt, and I couldn’t afford to pay off the debt I had. Now, I am so happy and so excited! Words can’t describe what a relief is coming right around the corner for me. I get paid weekly. This old debt is on its very last leg.
I’m so close, I can taste it!
This is great Sistah Ant! Now what about those shoes? LOL
Tsk, tsk, tsk - a one track mind! Let me get my new eyeglasses first… I think I might be taking a shopping trip this weekend. Gotta recruit one of my girlfriends so I can make it fun, ‘cause I tend to hate shopping.
Comment by S23 — January 18, 2008 @ 7:58 pm
Good for you ! So 2 more pay periods you should be smokin
Between bills and saving, it may take a little longer… but not much longer!
Comment by moneymonk — January 18, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
Wow! This is great, well done
Thanks!
Comment by nomorespending — January 19, 2008 @ 2:42 am
Oh wow! Congratulations!! It must have been difficult for you to save your money and wait, but things will be moving so quickly now. Congrats again!
Comment by ms. m&p — January 19, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
yay!!!
Comment by K. — January 20, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
Congrats!! That must be a great feeling. Think of how much more you will have to invest now that the debt will be gone very, very soon.
I know there is hope for me. My credit card debt was just consolidated back in December. I hope to get rid of it ASAP.
Comment by tiredofbeingbroke — January 23, 2008 @ 8:57 pm