No, no, letting the $1400 go is a good thing! It's $1400 that I would otherwise _owe_. We moved last year, right around the time that the city's fiscal year turns over. When the old house turned into a rental, we lost a property tax credit for homeowners, or, we should have, but when I looked this year, we were still getting it. So when I called, they fixed the problem for this year, which is fine because we had planned to pay the full amount, but they didn't want to fix last year. Because it wasn't a rental right at the turn of the year, I guess it could be argued either way, and I would pay it if they asked. Last year I paid early (before we moved, maybe before we bought?) and didn't think about it again until a week ago. So now that I have brought it to their attention, if it's not worth their time, I will happily keep my $1400! The new house has a property tax credit on it, that part was all fine, I worked hard on that application last year and I'm glad it went through. Is that all clear as mud? ;)
Yeah, the Club, sigh. *facepunch* It's "only" 2kish a year, we do use it every day when we go there (at least once a year for a few weeks), getting back in takes 15 years if you're on the priority list, much longer if you're not, and the parental generation had some severe fallings-out because not all of them were in but all wanted to use it. My mother paid for all of her kids to transfer to adult memberships when they aged out because she wanted us to avoid the relationship problems. I suspect if we said we would let it go she would offer to pay it for us, which seems like a nasty trick when we can in fact afford it. She already buys me clothing because I am too cheap to buy anything decent for myself (am still wearing some of the clothes I wore in middle school, 25 years and 25 lbs later! Luckily the '90s aesthetic was baggy). And, you know, honestly I really like the Club, I don't really want to give it up, we have talked many times about moving up there someday. *facepunch* Feel free to join in the beat-down.
Vacation spending outside of the Club, by the way, was $1594 last year, and we had saved $1950. I guess I'm focusing on the vacation spending right now because the bachelorette weekend was just for me and I'm feeling guilty about it, plus I'm so nervous about My First Travel Hack and praying it will really work for real. Thanks for pointing it out, though!
So in the "I'm an idiot" annals, I left the car unlocked and both of our brand-new phones and husband's wallet were stolen while we were at the pool. It has been a long few days with little communication, renewed attention to real life, and many hours cancelling cards etc. I am going to go back to my old phone (new $3 sim card needed), and husband bought a cheap-ish new one for $200. I do feel very lucky that we can cash-flow this unlike that article a few years ago that said many middle-class people would have to go into debt for $400. $400! Anyway, I'm an idiot.