“The best-laid plans of mice & men often go awry”  I couldn’t agree more!  In the past 2 weeks, I have had quite the Murphy visits:  $176 for my kittens to see the vet and $292 for a broken control arm replacement for my car (curses to you, Boston pot-holes!).

That’s right around $468 that was supposed to go to savings to help me meet my July Goals.  After tweaking the numbers, I’m sad to say that my $800 savings goal has been drastically reduced to a mere $200 given an additional recalculation for my trip to Napa next week.

As I began to hem & haw over the missed savings goal, I realized that I should really quit my complaining because as long as there aren’t any other surprises this month, I’m still on-track to pay off 2 student loans, pay for my trip from the monthly budget, AND add a bit to savings.  Talk about an eye-opener–glass half-full in this woman’s eyes!

Here’s to hoping that the remainder of the month sails along quietly….Mr. Murphy, please take your nonsense elsewhere!