Here's the deal. Remember how we had CasinoPalooza 4 last week? I wrote about it elsewhere, and shared a pic of one of my bonuses that almost got me locked up in casino jail for daring to take a picture of my own slot win! Here. I'm going to put that pic here as well. Just because it was such an ordeal getting it.
What I didn't actually reveal was that I also hit another bonus less than an hour later, and took a picture of THAT one, too!
Here's the deal. I could have cashed that money out and stuffed it in my gambling purse and come out ahead. COULD have. But what's the fun in that? I had a casino bankroll, and I was there to play. We only have a CasinoPalooza a couple times a year. So while I DID cash it out, I used it to play on the next day, as we went through seven casinos again, and kept the portion of my casino bankroll that I had budgeted for days 2 and 3 intact. Never gave it a second thought. Until yesterday.
I got a bill in the mail for $312 for insurance on a camper that's not technically ours. And also the bill for the electricity for the $5000 house that Farmer H is rebuilding, which was pretty much a bargain at $13 and change. But THEN, just after finishing his supper of ham and broccoli/cauliflower with cheese, Farmer H announced that he'd paid $240 for two loads of gravel for our roads, and would need to be reimbursed.
SWEET GUMMI MARY!
Do you see the irony here? My slot bonuses added up to around $585 after accounting for the two twenties I'd put in to win them. And these three expenses I discovered on Friday added up to $565. So, had I known what was coming, I could have stashed that win away to cover these unexpected expenses. I wouldn't have WANTED to, of course, since that's MY money, and not household money. But I WOULD have done it, just because I don't like the unexpected.
Of course, Farmer H would not have done so, had it been HIS bonus wins. He even wants to be reimbursed for his Storage Unit money that he spent on the gravel.
Farmer H is not selfless like Mrs. HM.
It's not a big deal, because I keep a cushion of cash in the household checking account, just for unexpected stuff like this. I wrote out the checks yesterday, and mailed them today. It's just the idea that if I'd known this was coming, I would have budgeted my windfall for it. Darn that Even Steven and his wonky timing!
Insurance for a camper that isn't technically yours?? I hate unexpected bills and always have an emergency stash hidden away in the safe. Broccoli/cauliflower cheese is one of my favourite foods and I haven't had any since last winter, so I'm glad our weather is cooling down now.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, it's one of those "helping someone out" kind of things for now. We'd discussed it, but I thought the cost was going to be around $50.
Some of our deposits I don't show in the checkbook register. Seems like Farmer H has always felt like it was fine to spend away if the balance was above the usual monthly income. So it's there, he just doesn't know how much extra is there.
The broccoli/cauliflower was delicious! I might have to get some potatoes, and have a big bowl of broccocaulipeppot before our warm weather gets here to stay!