Discover Card Balance

Back on August 25th 2011 I posted about our Discover card balance being exactly $4,000 dollars:

http://www.ourdebtblog.com/2011/08/discover-card-balance.html

I was proud of that moment and even said I would attack this card with 'gazelle' intensity but two months later I feel like I've made no progress. Below is the balance on the account as of this morning:


I've posted about interest before and that seems to be the culprit, over the last couple of months they've added close to $80 in finance charges. I'm not happy but we agreed to those terms every time we used the card. So this morning I'm setting a goal to have this card be at $2000 by the end of this month. I'm not sure I can make this happen but I'm going to send them every extra dollar I can find. My next post on Discover will have a much lower balance and will provide screen shots.

Does it really 'Pay To Discover'? I don't think it does anymore LOL

HS

6 comments:

Tanner said...

That last line = win.

I am feeling the exact same way about my first credit card. The interest is just sabotaging me big time. Best of luck on getting to your goal!

Dogfood Provider said...

Interest is a major bummer, but now it can be a little light under you to get after this card. You can do it!

HS @ Our Debt Blog said...

YUP, We've paid close to $500 so far this year.. crazy!

HS

judy said...

Good luck! My husband surprised me by using a bonus we didn't know we were getting to pay off our Discover card completely.

You will get there

Judy

jpkittie said...

decrease is decrease!!!

Hawaii Planner said...

That is so furstrating. I think you're approach of setting a goal to get the balance below $2000 is achievable (and therefore motivating) & still gazelle-like! :-)