FUCKING.
FINALLY.
yes, my credit history is kind of sad. i've been fucking around for a long time, though, and finally started caring in the past few months. my goal was just to get above 700.
699? are you kidding me?! it was like FICO was doing it just to destroy my self worth and ambition. then, as you can see in may, when i bought my car it plummeted. i guess an extra $21k of debt doesn't look good when you're already in the hole five digits.
BUT! i checked it today, and lo, 705! and i just paid off the rest of my capital one card with most of my OT check ($281), and when november closes i should have around $500-$600 excess to send off to the next asshole in line.
i love results.
11/20/08 22:14
edit 2/27/13: came back to look at this when someone added it to their favorites. for the record my credit score is now 795. just bought our first house a few months ago. now to push for 800! ;)
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Heidi Photo 56 months ago | reply
Congrats!! you are achieving what so many Americans don't have the where withall to do. So nice to see someone working at it rather than taking the easy way out!
born_2b_with_u 3 weeks ago | reply
Woohoo !!! Go YOU !!! I'm working on mine as well right now.....I have about 7-8 old creditors that I have already paid off, but since I was initially late with payments, thier sitting on my Credit for many years already and I dont want to have to wait thier standard 7 years to see it finally drop off - Thanks for the inspiration :)
me and the sysop 3 weeks ago | reply
those late payments really haunt you. i had a bad one when i was working part-time about 10 years ago, went three months without making a payment. that stuck for quite a while! once i got a full-time job i set everything up to auto pay the minimum amount since back then i was never sure how much i would have leftover to pay. just wanted to cover my bases. i'm so obsessed with paying on time, without autopay i probably wouldn't sleep at night, ha. in six months i'll be credit card debt-free for the first time in 12 years. i'm beside myself with anticipation and always happy to see others fighting the good fight!