Got hit with a $340 vet bill for my dog eating a sock, so I built a $60 emergency jar that week

Noah Knight · 2026-10-17T04:05:03.16811+00:00

I was standing in the parking lot of the vet clinic on Cedar Street last month staring at the receipt, and instead of just being mad I went home and set up an automatic $25 transfer every payday into a separate account I can't touch with my debit card, so has anyone else found a lazy way to keep a small buffer from getting spent?

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Got hit with a $340 vet bill for my dog eating a sock, so I built a $60 emergency jar that week | Budgeting Wins - Free To Speak