Hey big spender

[shann]

Well, I finally got my financial aid in on Tuesday! I paid off the rest of my car insurance and paid Sarah back all the money she loaned me while I was broke, and have been happily spending all the leftovers on the big-ticket items I've been wanting or needing over the year(s) $__

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[darkangel_wings]

OIC, regarding them just enacting it. I WISH they'd do so here... but it's very unlikely. Colorado just cut a ton of public higher education funding, so tuition went up 9% and they cut financial aid. I still got enough to cover tuition in the fall, but will likely need to use the rest of my savings to pay living expenses, which really sucks, because then once I graduate I'll have NO money. So far I've been able to do college without loans, since I had a lot of money saved, but that may end up changing this next year. =/

I'm glad you were lucky with how this stuff worked out though, because fun purchases are needed too! (And I understand what you said about it making stress easier to bear. I've never been the girl who goes and buys seven pairs of shoes to get through a fight with someone, but spending money on things I want does help me out when I'm upset or stressed, and I know it.)

You don't have to justify it. Especially because it is loan money that you're going to have to pay back. If you were using a government student grant to buy yourself a TV, that might need a little more justification, but really, this is your money for you to spend as you need.

And I think it's DEFINITELY not wasteful to want something that will last rather than needing to be replaced in another year or so. Too much stuff nowadays (damn you kids, get off my lawn) seems designed to be cheap, temporary, and replaceable. I'd much rather have an initially more expensive item that's durable and will stick around for years.