I looked through a few piles and boxes of desk junk last night and located the 2012 medical expenses receipts and paperwork that I had compiled last summer. It looks like I have $1218 in expenses to submit against my $1300 medical reimbursement account which means I will lose $82.00. That totally stinks! Ugh. At a December dentist appointment, I found out that I need two fillings and I should have done that before January 1. I am so annoyed. Ok, nothing I can do to change the situation, so moving on.
Guitar check – FOUND. Yay! It’s a refund for $160 worth of unused lessons, so I will deposit that tomorrow.
I have been sorting, recycling, shredding and organizing mounds of old paperwork today and have come up with additional financial items I need to take care of:
*Call Discover to find out when my 0% rate deal is finished on my c.c. that has a current balance of $4750. DONE – offer ends in September 2013, so I have 7 payments left at 0%. That’s $679/month for 7 months and it will be paid off. Next payment is due March 8, so I submitted $690 electronically today.
*Car loan – oops, for some reason I have not paid my car loan in a few months and while sorting through mail discovered two late payment notices for it. So, I paid $462 electronically toward the loan today. That was the max I could submit, or I would have sent in $500.
*I just found a few outstanding medical bills for 2013, so will pay those this week.
*My Visa payment was due 2/27, so I paid that electronically today. Unfortunately, I will most likely incur a finance charge since the payment was late. It should only be a few dollars, but still. Hmm, I might also get a late charge, which would be more than a few dollars. Crap.
O.k., so that’s some progress. I feel annoyed that I’ve lost touch with my finances and that I’ve wasted a lot of money recently. It’s time for me to get back on track.
My office area is now a DISASTER AREA with paperwork everywhere. Whenever I decide to sort and organize old stacks and boxes of papers that have accumulated, I make a colossal mess. I so wish I was naturally anal – I envy people who are!
a bit o’ progress
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Step by step progress is great. You are doing great. Just keep the momentum going and don't get discouraged.
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