Got hit with a $340 vet bill in Fort Collins and my whole budget plan fell apart
I was doing fine with my grocery and gas tracking until my dog got into something at the park near our place in Fort Collins last Friday. The emergency vet visit ran me $340, and I had to put it on a card because my so called emergency fund only had $150 in it. I sat in the parking lot afterward and realized I had been pretending to budget, not actually saving anything for real life stuff. Now I am putting $75 a week into a separate account just for pet stuff, but I am wondering if that is even enough. How do you all set your emergency fund number when you have pets?