Birthday

Spent $157.72 today. Wife's birthday is coming up this week.

She has an MP3 player that's she's had a while- a $50 dollar deal that worked okay until it suffered a large crack in the LCD screen about three months ago. It still worked, but with the screen smashed it was almost impossible to tell what song was going to play next. To make it worse, the earphone jack was always loose, so songs would cut in and out constantly.

Since she loves music more than anyone I know, I figured it was high time for her to get a better one. Sometimes, money isn't the most important thing. She works hard everyday, and a person eventually has to see some fruit of their labors to make it worthwhile.

We also spent some of the money eating out at Sonic. Hard to go financially overboard there.

I think one of the main benefits of this blog is that it forces us to justify our expenses. It's alright to spend money (even if it's just for entertainment) as long as we do so in moderation. The good news is that I can also use it to run with when I go jogging. Hopefully it will improve my time.

Also, I refuse to spend any more, because then we'd have to change the house picture and the bar on the right- I'm not willing to deal that kind of blow to financial ego.

Current savings: $18,101.93

Total Savings: $18,647.93