Comments on: Friday Links – A Most Unfrugal Week Edition

By: bridesmaiddresses

bridesmaiddresses — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:53:01 +0000

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By: finallygettingtoeven.com

finallygettingtoeven.com — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:12:36 +0000

ouch! I hope your son is doing ok…there is no worse feeling than when you see your child standing there bleeding….

i definately think emergency funds are a life-saver. It’s unfortunate that more people are not taught at an earlier age to start saving for one…(we have retirement savings pounded into us at every turn)…why can’t the ‘experts’ use the same tactics to get everyone ‘aware’ of EF’s and their usefulness. Maybe if more people had them the economy could be in a better place (not all this x-tra debt that one takes on when they are backed into a corner).. we still have so much more to learn today as a society.

By: Kika

Kika — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:18:03 +0000

Last week our washer died = $835; air cooling system on our van died = $920; youngest child diagnosed with major food allergies = $200 (for testing and figuring out what and how to feed her- although that food isn’t just for one week!)… all in one week. We do save monthly for home maintenance and vehicle maintenance, though, so only $300 had to come from our emergency fund. The food is another issue- hate being over budget. I have to say, though, I DETEST taking $ from my emergency fund even though I am so thankful it is there for us.

By: Leslie McGinnis

Leslie McGinnis — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:03:01 +0000

Unfortunately some weeks are like that! I hope this week is better.

By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 16 May 2010 15:37:08 +0000

Ouch! Sounds like you weathered the storm ok though!

~J~

By: Caitlin Langevin

Caitlin Langevin — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:51:48 +0000

My husband and I also had a very expensive week. On Monday we bought four new tires for our car ($450) and on Tuesday we were in a car accident ($500 deductible and our rates are sure to rise). Wednesday we took our dog in for his yearly exam and bought his medications ($300) and later that day our a/c broke. We still haven’t figured out how much that will cost. Thankfully, we have a fully funded emergency fund of six months of expenses and I think with a little bit of ingenuity we will be able to avoid touching that.

By: Michelle H.

Michelle H. — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:39:17 +0000

Yay for emergency funds – I can’t tell you how many times ours has saved us – particularly on cars. Hang in there!
Blessings!

By: stacey

stacey — Sat, 15 May 2010 02:03:16 +0000

just because you ended up spending a lot of money, it doesn’t make the week unfrugal. you might actually call this past week your MOST frugal week because you spent money to fix up an older car instead of purchasing a new one. and you did with an emergency fund to boot. the unfrugal thing would have been having the timing belt fixed using a credit card while contemplating purchasing a new car before something else goes wrong!

By: Cara

Cara — Sat, 15 May 2010 01:07:31 +0000

So glad you had that Emergency Fund to fall back on! It’s so much better than using the credit card, right?! :o)

I have to agree with AngelSong – Expensive? Yes! Frugal? Yes!

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