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how being stupid costs you money

September 15th, 2006 at 02:19 am

...and time. I listed a new house yesterday but forgot my lockbox key (needed to put the lockbox on the house). Duh. I was about 5 miles (in the wrong direction) from our branch office, so I thought I would run there to see if anyone had a key I could borrow. After a fifteen minute drive in city traffic, I get there to find not one other agent is there - only the secretary, who gives me a key to use - but the owner had not paid his bill and the electronic key was shut off that day. But, she said, I could find a different agent at an open house just a mile away from the house I listed. So I got back in the car, drove right back to where I had just come from and tracked doen the other agent - he opened the lockbox for me and I trekked back to the house for sale to put the lockbox on. All in all - about an hour of wasted time, probably $5 in gas - and I got to my other job an hour later, which meant I had to stay there an hour later, which meant less time with my kids yesterday night. Grrrr...I hate being stupid.
But we did have some interest on the house already. Plus I have a closing coming up next week - just a little land deal, but it will earn me about $500, which will go towards DH's tuition.
Speaking of tuition, the charge did come through on our new cc. It's really depressing to see your net worth decrease by $4500 in one day (and we still have $1000 balance with the college to pay by 10/11). Definitely dipping into the savings for that one.

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