YES, we know that there's never a "good" time financially to have a baby. Brian and I have been laughed at plenty of times when we brought up the idea of saving up before we took the baby plunge. Everyone told us that money will always be tight, no matter how much you plan.
Boy were they right. After looking at our income and spending habits last night, I'm a bit stressed about how we're going to cover the additional bills that baby will bring to us. We don't have a lot of wiggle room right now, and I don't think we're livin' large. But I'm trying to adopt Brian's attitude that "it will all work out." Still not sure of the how, but I'm keeping the faith. And we're trying to take some proactive steps, too. After adding up how much we've spent going out for food and drinks in past months, we decided to take some steps to curtail that spending. We're limiting ourselves to two lunches out and maybe one dinner each month. We'll see how this works out, but I'm hopeful that it will help.
Trust me, with the fourth one on the way... It always works out and not typically the way you anticipate, but it will. Keep the faith - Christine
ReplyDeletejust think about when you were paying two mortgages and be glad you sold the summer house in Sunnyside East! plus you can always send Brain to sell some more platelets! xoxo
ReplyDeleteTrue that, Liz! We are thankful to only own the single property now, even though we miss Sunnyside East!
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