The Bane of Medical Bills

This always ALWAYS seems to happen. You decide to purchase something large, so you start saving up. You plan, you save, you plan, you save. Finally, you get to the point where you can make the purchase, and BAM -- something unexpected pops up.

For us, this always seems to be medical bills. Granted, with as much as our kids have been in and out of doctor's offices, I should be used to the cycle -- but it still surprises me on occasion. Most of the time, it is more of a "This cost HOW much to get checked??"

We had been saving up for a fairly large playset for the backyard. Our children are starting to get old enough to where one of these would make sense, so we had been planning for about a year. We've had the designs picked out and just had to pick the final level of accessories. Enter new Bills.

All and all, they total of the bills is just shy of what the playset would have cost. On the one hand, it is good that we had the money around and didn't have to get into our emergency fund to pay them off. On the other hand, it is annoying because now I have to start re-saving for the playset.

Ahh, the joys of being responsible.