Yesterday I knocked another item of my Wish List 2011 - went an saw a Financial Counsellor to help us make a change in our money situation cause basically we're like totally crap and stuff with juggling money. And being a family of 5 now on a single income, I knew we weren't in a fantastic spot but HOLY SNAPPING DUCK SHIT BATMAN!
This exercise forced hubby and I to disclose all our financial skeletons in the closet. Something I can only assume, normal married people come to in good time, but having only been married for 5 seconds before we found out we were going to be a family, I now look back and think, we didn't get a chance to do that part. So in true Team DW form, we did that in super fast mode too!
Needless to say, sitting down and going through (in great detail) the full gravity of our financial situation left me 'shocked, stunned and not a little amazed' - to quote my favourite comedian Billy Connolly I left the office building and walked to a park and cried my heart out. Then realised, I was sulking about a something that I thought was bad and went to get help for - what was I sulking for??? But never the less, it hurt. It hurt to think we are a hair's breadth away from disaster.
But hey, I knew 2011 was about change, just didn't realise how much. I know better about being VERY specific about what you wish for cause the universe, she doth have a wicked sense of humour. Can I remind you that I have 3 under 3 - yeah she got me good...
So in lieu of blogging last night, I was madly downloading all my banking history, dumping it into spreadsheets and pulling together every ounce of data analyst I had left in me to get the a better idea of our habits and where they must change. Now my heads hurts and my eyes are going crossed - how did I used to do this all day everyday? eeek!
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So Jan 13 and 14, 2011 : I give thanks clarity, communication and solidarity that this experience has given Team DW
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