Some of my planned 2007 expenses
Here’s what I know I have on deck for next year:
1) One more surgery. Medical FSA is budgeted.
2) Laser eye surgery. Medical FSA will have to be budgeted, but I’ve decided definitely to push it off till 2008 since I’ve pushed it off so far. Hopefully my prescription will hold for another year.
3) Motorcyle repairs and expenses. I’m budgeting $1000 for some minor maintenance work to be done, as well as a snappy new helmet. (They need replacing every 3 years and mine will be 5 years old next spring.)
4) Automobile repairs and expenses. I am budgeting something around $2500 for the whole year. Damn the expensive X-mileage services at the dealership. I will skip the next one and go 10K miles later. (Went at 97K this year, will go at 120K next year, and skip the 110K service.) Yes, I am seriously thinking of putting much nicer tires on the car too since I realized this week that around 110K miles, I’ll need a new set. A new clutch is going in next month when my baby turns 100K, so beyond that, the car shouldn’t need much next year… Though this week I’ve noticed that I also have to get the pump replaced on the windshield cleaner jets. The driver’s side squirts the fluid too low and I’m having some visibility problems. (This means I have to squeegee the driver’s side windshield every time I fill the car, and I’m not going to do that when it’s freezing outside. No way!)
5) Save another $2k in my Save-O-Meter. This includes making up for the $1K draw down I did on buying the motorcycle. (Yes, saving is a fixed expense. If I don’t treat it that way, it won’t happen. You know, that ‘automatic’ thing by that ‘automatic guy’, David Bach.)
6) Pay off the Debt-O-Meter by July 1, 2007. “I think I can. I think I can.” “Little by little. Bit by bit.” I worked out some figures and I can definitely do this if the bonuses are good next year.
Leanne wrote:
Great list! This got me to thinking of some of my “goals” for 2007. Thanks for putting the bug in my ear!
Posted on 30-Aug-06 at 1:46 pm | Permalink
mapgirl wrote:
No problem! I hope you share some of your goals with me!
Posted on 30-Aug-06 at 3:27 pm | Permalink