The post wherein I declare I’m growing up…
On a day when most people grumble and groan about all the money they owe, I’m the happiest girl in the world!
So, today, I officially paid off my credit card! This is a huge accomplishment for me. While I haven’t purchased anything with it for years, I’ve been slowly paying back the dollars I borrowed for both stupid and not-so-stupid purposes. Most of the money is from my year studying in Italy. While it was the experience of a lifetime, I got caught up trying to “keep up” with some of the kids in my program who were a little more well off than me. I traveled every weekend, ate and drank whatever I wanted, and did some shopping damage. Oops!
But, hard lessons learned, a interest free opportunity from a different bank and several years of hard work have paid off! As of today, I am free free free. And, it gets better because I only have one payment left on my car. Whoo! So this is what it feels like to be nearly debt free (still have some school loans…).
Tomorrow, Gus and I are off to meet our new nephew, Owen Michael! Stay tuned for what is sure to be a plethora of favorite-auntie-in-the-whole-world photos to be posted next week!
Btw – Congrats to finishing another great tax season to my parents, Bob and Sue, and to Gus’ parents, Bill and Gwen!
