I still don't feel confident that NT is going to get the full bonus we're hoping for, but he's feeling confident so I'm going to plan December accordingly. I'm planning to use it to pay off one of NT's loans, which has $2318 left on it. Combined with the approximately $900 we pay just in minimum debt payments, I'm going to say the December goal is to pay off $3200 of debt.

Now that I've said it, I'll try to make it happen even if we don't get the bonus! Though it'll be nearly impossible without it.

I'm also depending on the bonus to fund our holiday tips to service providers. The first of them had to be paid today; our house cleaner won't come again until after Xmas. So I left him an $80 tip and hope to be able to fund that from NT's bonus when it comes!

We're giving our providers a slight raise this year (more than a slight one to daycare since they've given us so much extra this year):
$80 for house cleaner
$30 to bldg mgmt
$60 to diaper service
$300 to daycare
Card to our lawyer
Total: $470