judecorp | Ralph-in-a-Box (Reply)

Earlier today I whipped out the holiday music and wrapped a bunch of presents. Now I just need some ribbon and a tree to put them under! I used to make all of my own bows for presents but I've been totally slack for the last couple of years, and this year I want to go Christmas Crazy! So I must have ribbon, stat! The presents all look so cute all wrapped up! Now I want to buy MORE MORE MORE, especially presents for the kids. I think that even though my Jennifer and I already bought gifts for her niece and nephews, I want to go buy more. I'm all about buying toys.

Thanks to the lovely

siercia, I didn't have to spend the whole time waiting for my car at the dealership. She helped me run some errands and then she and the lovely Widget had a lunch date with me. Good times. I ended up waiting about an hour and used the time to read my book club book. We're meeting on December 13th and it's a HUGE book, so I really should get cracking! (The Bone People by Keri Hulme)

I am so proud of what my Jennifer and I have done with our finances. I was telling

folkyboy the other day that I avoid getting neurotic about our money by choosing to not know anything about our money. I don't look in the checkbook. I don't pay the bills. I don't touch a thing. Every so often I'll ask Jen, "Do we have enough money for this?" (and she always says yes, HA!) - that's it. So I was telling Tim about how Jen and I have been working like mad to pay off her credit card debt. He asked how much she had and I had /no/ /idea/ so I made up a guess. And my guess was like $2500 off! I asked Jen about it and she told me how much was left on the card and I was so surprised and shocked and happy. It was like Christmas! So we paid the ENTIRE bill out of the savings account. I figure it's better to make a monthly payment to our savings than to the credit card (and no finance charges!). So now all of her credit card debt is GONE. In fact, we have no credit card debt now, aside from recent purchases (Christmas presents, Northampton hotel), since I'm not a credit card person. I am so proud of us and our ability to pull all of this off. We're the best!

In honor of our financial prowess, I present you with the Ralph-in-a-Box. It's not a Charlie-in-a-Box, but it will do.