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I've been thinking about money all day today. I get paid on Friday, and for the first time in over a year, I'm going to have quite a bit extra. A lot of this is due to what I mentioned before, the whole thing where I forced myself to conserve my resources in order to get on top of my one remaining credit card debt. The other part is due to my dad accidentally making a car payment for me last month (long story involving the USPS losing my original check and GMAC being idiots) because he didn't realize that I'd already made the payment. So GMAC applied his payment to this month. Make sense? I told my dad I'd pay him back, but he told me not to worry about it.
So, after bills this month, I'll have at least $200 extra. That probably doesn't sound like that much to many of you, but to me, that's a hell of a lot of money. So I've been debating on what to do with it. I'd like to start a savings account. Nothing big. Maybe $50 or so, and then I can add a little bit to that here and there every month, whenever I have extra, and eventually I'll have a bit of a cushion for emergencies.
But that still lives me with $150 dollars. What to do? Well, the vacation thing, but I'm thinking that I'm going to put that off until the end of April.
Cell phone? I really don't need one, though. I don't talk to many people on the phone, and I rarely run into situations where I really need one. It's also unlikely that my car will be breaking down any time soon. Plus that would be another bill every month.
So finally I said, fuck it. I'm going to go shopping. I'm going to spoil myself a little. I'll get some nice material and make myself a new jacket. I'll hit up Plato's Closet, because I can almost always find things that I like for very, very decent prices. Forty bucks will go a very long way there. I'll get some new plates for my weight set, because I'm starting to need more variety and heavier weight to work with. I'll go to MAC and Sephora, because I'm getting rid of my glasses soon and my skin is finally close to being clear and god damn it, I want some nice make up to show all of that off.
And, I'm getting my septum pierced again! A couple of my regulars own a tattoo and piercing parlor. From what I've seen on them, they do very good work, and they said that they'd be happy to do it for ten dollars since I already have the jewelry. After that heals up I'd like to get a couple more navel piercings, one on either side of the one I have now.
The funny thing is, it's been so long since I've bought things for myself that it's probably going to feel more than a little odd. But... I can't freaking wait.
:)
So, after bills this month, I'll have at least $200 extra. That probably doesn't sound like that much to many of you, but to me, that's a hell of a lot of money. So I've been debating on what to do with it. I'd like to start a savings account. Nothing big. Maybe $50 or so, and then I can add a little bit to that here and there every month, whenever I have extra, and eventually I'll have a bit of a cushion for emergencies.
But that still lives me with $150 dollars. What to do? Well, the vacation thing, but I'm thinking that I'm going to put that off until the end of April.
Cell phone? I really don't need one, though. I don't talk to many people on the phone, and I rarely run into situations where I really need one. It's also unlikely that my car will be breaking down any time soon. Plus that would be another bill every month.
So finally I said, fuck it. I'm going to go shopping. I'm going to spoil myself a little. I'll get some nice material and make myself a new jacket. I'll hit up Plato's Closet, because I can almost always find things that I like for very, very decent prices. Forty bucks will go a very long way there. I'll get some new plates for my weight set, because I'm starting to need more variety and heavier weight to work with. I'll go to MAC and Sephora, because I'm getting rid of my glasses soon and my skin is finally close to being clear and god damn it, I want some nice make up to show all of that off.
And, I'm getting my septum pierced again! A couple of my regulars own a tattoo and piercing parlor. From what I've seen on them, they do very good work, and they said that they'd be happy to do it for ten dollars since I already have the jewelry. After that heals up I'd like to get a couple more navel piercings, one on either side of the one I have now.
The funny thing is, it's been so long since I've bought things for myself that it's probably going to feel more than a little odd. But... I can't freaking wait.
:)