Adventures in Debt

Many of you may have noticed that I’ve not done any Monthly Number Crunching posts, and there’s a reason: I’m embarrassed to say how much my debt has increased! It was only increasing by small amounts over the last 6 months or so ($1000 each time), but in the last couple, it’s gone up by big chunks. And yet again, I have no idea why. I have not purchased any big ticket items (as much as I want a new tv and a new computer), and have not gone on any clothes shopping sprees. I am going to take some time this holiday (it’s Canada Day on Tuesday) and start figuring some things out. I think I’ll do the classic “track my spending for a month” routine and see where the money is going. I am a little suprised and dismayed to see this number increase, and had thought I was doing well. (In two months I will have paid off one of my balance transfer credit cards, and I was quite pleased with that.) How annoying, how frustrating, and how embarrassing! Apparently I am going to have to do some serious belt tightening and make a more concerted effort to sell off any and all unused/useless things in my house.

Stay tuned for some serious money crunching and belt tightening measures. *sigh*