Happy Thursday! It is a beautiful GF day – it is about 77degrees out….winter is finally gone!
Today is day 9. Tomorrow I get paid. As I read in Diva’s post, payday is a treacherous day for most cg’s. I know it is for me. This morning, I balanced my checkbook with what I will get paid tomorrow and paid every bill until the end of July. It is out of my checkbook and off to the right people. I have been pretty successful at paying my bills at least a month ahead until early April and all of May of this year. I slipped up BAD. My latest fall started in April when I visited my sister out by Seattle. There a plenty of casinos out there. After going to the casino 3x in 5 days out there, I continued my lunatic gambling spree when I returned home to Wisconsin. I live about 45 miles from the Minnesota Border, where there are also plenty of casinos. Like I said earlier I just banned myself from the 2nd casino in MN. Thank God! I spent about $4,000 on gambling in those 2 months alone. I can drain a bank account in mere seconds.
I also read a post today about cg’s learning or relearning the true meaning of what money is. I have always worked for the money I have. No handouts. My Dad was very strict with his money and didn’t spend it on hardly anything but necessities and saved the rest. We lived in a very nice house, but we all worked for what we had. I had quite the babysitting business going from the time I was 9 years old through the end of Jr. High. I had to buy all of my own clothes, pay for school activities, give money to church and pay for pretty much anything else I wanted since I was 9 years old. Maybe this is why I am so messed up about money. My brother has the same issues I do, but my oldest sister does not, she hoardes her money and does not like to spend it. We are all weird 🙂
I better get back to work. Have a great day!
Lisa
Not Gambling…one day at a time
