So, I am in charge of the bills around here..

When I was younger, I was horrible with money. I mean like downright, insanely horrible.  When my husband I first got married, I was so excited about combining our bills… you have no idea, it was like the best part of him, that he was so responsible with money.  He took things over, and fixed every credit card mistake I had.  (I am still shocked that they will give credit cards to college kids who make like 82 dollars a week, but that’s a different story…)

So, he fixed everything, took care of it all, and if you had asked me WHERE we banked, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you.  It was great, but there was just one problem… since I had no clue how much money we had, where the money was, or even how much money I actually MADE each month, I didn’t know how much I was allowed to spend.  So, I just spent whatever I wanted to, whenever I wanted to… and, honestly, this was fine, when we both had jobs, but when I quit my job… well I had to learn to cut it back.

We tried for a couple of years with him basically just telling me how much I was allowed to spend with me not understanding the rhyme or reasons behind it, but it caused a lot of unneeded conflict.  So, one day, in the middle of one of these conflicts, I decided that *I* would be in charge of the bills.  My husband admits now that he thought this would last all of a month, and that I wouldn’t be able to handle it, but for some reason… a newer, more responsible me came out, and I am actually able to do this.  I found a good program that keeps up with a lot of things on my computer, and I just spend a few minutes each day making sure that everything is in order.  I am actually kind of good at it, and the best part is that my husband helps me because he actually CARES about the money… so he listens when I tell him how much we can spend and where… so I have been doing the bills for a while now, and I am glad I took it over.  It’s kind of cool to see how much I have grown up!  Bout time, if you ask me…