You Know How You Save For Christmas?

All year.  I do.  And I stick to that budget.  And I also save the money I will need for holiday traveling.  So proud of myself.

But I'm currently at the local animal hospital with my cat Scooter and the bill is already $1500.  And they aren't even sure what's wrong yet other than he's anemic and his white blood cell count is through the roof.

Talk about a budget buster.  I save for vet bills, too.  But at check-up and inoculation level.  Not emergency hospitalization level.