Everything costs so much more now, from food to clothing to housing, it all is so expensive. Financially, it’s so rare to catch a break these days but I recently had two minor, minuscule financial windfalls.
The first relates to the special assessment I had to pay off last year. Some of you may recall that all the balconies in my building required extensive repairs last year, which was funded by special assessment. My portion of the bill was a whopping $6,000. All for a balcony that I spend perhaps ten minutes on per year. Anyways, the repair work was finally completed and the final bill came in under budget. As such, I was refunded $267. Now $267 back on a $6,000 bill isn’t great but it’s still better than not getting a refund (or the final bill coming in over budget), so I’ll take it.
The second piece of good news is that I also received a refund on my car insurance this year. ICBC is giving me back about $110. Again, this is better than not getting a refund at all, so I’m not complaining.
I’m not expecting any refunds next month, so I’ll just savour these for the time being.