on saving and never learning
It's about 2am here and I'm still up, fantasizing about buying a new laptop. Now, my parents didn't give me a graduation gift, nor did they throw me a graduation party, and we didn't do anything special on the graduation day itself (gee, thanks mom and dad for not acknowledging my journey to higher education). So I'm planning to make them feel guilty and all so they could buy me a Macbook pro. In black please, and add a red iPod nano with that. Well, the iPod won't be too expensive, since apparently Apple has an offer to students wherein if you buy a laptop, you get an iPod nano free after rebate. See? That's not too much to ask. So basically, mom and dad, you'll only pay for my beloved Macbook pro (comes with discounts too, around $200 off, compliments of Rutgers U). Besides, I need a laptop to survive college in the US of A.
Well, as of now, I have $400 saved. If I save some more, I'll prolly end up with an additional $500 by the end of summer. Saving $500 for me means no Iced Caramel Macchiato with extra whipped cream during Saturdays, no buying of Cosmo mag for eternity, no reaching out for those candies at the cashier counter, no buying of iTunes card, no everything. Yeah, saving $500 means giving up life.
And still, that won't give me enough money to buy my dream laptop.
Now, I'm thinking of all the frivolous shopping I've done this past year. Thinking about all those money I could've saved makes me want to shoot myself.
I need to learn how to balance my financial priorities. But I guess I'll never learn until bankruptcy hits me in the face and leaves a bright red mark on my forehead.
Well, as of now, I have $400 saved. If I save some more, I'll prolly end up with an additional $500 by the end of summer. Saving $500 for me means no Iced Caramel Macchiato with extra whipped cream during Saturdays, no buying of Cosmo mag for eternity, no reaching out for those candies at the cashier counter, no buying of iTunes card, no everything. Yeah, saving $500 means giving up life.
And still, that won't give me enough money to buy my dream laptop.
Now, I'm thinking of all the frivolous shopping I've done this past year. Thinking about all those money I could've saved makes me want to shoot myself.
I need to learn how to balance my financial priorities. But I guess I'll never learn until bankruptcy hits me in the face and leaves a bright red mark on my forehead.