hooray for savings bonds and missing pesos

After floating 3 car payments for 5 months (~$600/month extra), two speeding tickets (~$700), Mason starting preschool (~$816/month), and generally not being great at following a budget, the Bailey family has officially entered its own financial crisis of sorts. Until we can sell the BMW, our budget literally spends all that we make. Landon broke things down for me and basically told me I have $200 for the next two weeks that has to cover everything... groceries, diapers, you name it. So, I sat down and tried to figure out how to find some extra money. 'Cause with a trip to my cousin's wedding this weekend and generally spending more than $100/week on groceries alone, I wasn't feeling real confidant in being able to stick to that figure.
I looked hard and found 4 $50 savings bonds my uncle got for me in the late 1980's and about $160 worth of pesos Landon never changed back into dollars. When I cashed the bonds, I found out that they had accrued an additional $102.76 in interest.
So, today I am grateful that we were able to come up with over $450 extra dollars. Hooray for savings bonds (thanks Uncle Gary!!!) and those damn pesos!