Depressing financial hit (vent) NBR

pettycrocker

So H brought his car in for what was supposed to be a basic break job. An hour later we got a call from the mechanic saying it would be $1000 and it won't be done until Monday. Apparently he had worn his breaks down completely- then his rotors, then whatever the part is connecting the wheel to the car.. (who knows) But what a hit with LO coming any minute now. I was just sobbing having to take all of that cash out of savings. I'm really devastated by this since I've been really hustling to try to get ahead of the bills as much as possible before LO arrives. 

Just wanted to vent it out and get over it so I don't sit here dwelling over it for the rest of the weekend.

Hope everyone else's weekend is going MUCH better than ours.  *sad face* 

Daniellepolito

ugh, it seems like everytime you get a little ahead something comes up!  so frustrating.

AsOctoberFalls

That stinks!! But, at least you had the cash in savings and didn't have to resort to credit cards. I know how you feel, though... we've had some unexpected expenses come up this past week, too.

lucylea

That sucks, but thank goodness for savings!  

IlliniQT

I hear ya, just found out we have a $1000 exhaust repair on a car with only 80,000 miles on it :c( DISLIKE...sorry you got the same crappy news...at least we have very GOOD news to look foward to!

Sacagawea

I hear ya as well. We are shelling out 500 dollars for a 100,000 mile tune-up on my Mazda 3 this weekend. It is a preventative thing we'd thought we'd do before LO gets here, but it hurts the wallet:( But just think, when LO gets here you'll probably make less car trips and spend less money on gas!

katiewhompus

Ugh, that hurts I hate it when you aren't emotionally ready for a huge check/charge. For a while it seemed every time we took h's car in for an oil change we'd leave with a $600 bill.

Our pit was our trees. One of our oak trees in the back was dead so we figured we'd have it taken down before LO got here or it fell into the house. While the guys were here I asked them to look at another tree that had tons of woodpecker holes. That one had to come down too. $2000