For many of us Twenteens we have a keeping up with the Jones's mentality. Our face goes green with envy when we pass by the girl with the Hunter boots, Canada goose jacket and Iphone 5. Why can't that be me you ask? Well for starters anyone who has the money to blow on trending items that are over priced couldn't have been in the position of choosing between buying groceries or a new dress to go out in on a Friday night. I personally would choose the latter. It's not that eating isn't important (trust me it is), it's just if you're going out with your friends, food ranks slightly lower on your priorities.
Anyway getting off the topic of budgeting. Budgeting I personally find very difficult. Who has time to constantly keep track of what they are buying? A lot of the want items magically find themselves in the need list. Seperating the two is pretty difficult, especially since you can't exactly wear your toilet paper out to a social event. For me anyway I'm always shocked to check my bank statements to see someone..definitely couldn't be me, bought dinner at Dairy Queen, I mean I have entire fridge full of food, how in my right mind did I spend 8 dollars on a dinner... Sadly I find the majority of my purchases, where I guess I could be saving money (another foreign word..Saving..it just doesn't sound right) are on food! It amazes me how much I can eat in a week... I'm like a bottomless pit. I truly believe if people ate at home they would save so much money. Perhaps even buy those new shoes I've been eyeing in Aldo for a while. By a while I mean December and in fashion lingo I'm soo far behind the 8 ball. I think the best advice I can give for avoiding uneccessary purchases would definitely have to be avoid the MALL! You wouldn't believe how easy it is to forget about clothes and other items when your not in the vicinity and by vicinty I mean distance and the effort to get there. I personally am not inclined to venture out of my warm bed if it's snowing. If you can keep yourself a bus ride from the mall it may prevent your uneccesary spending and your bank account will thank you later when you need a new phone after the unfortunate swimming incident. Maybe that's not a good example as it's -9 outside. Another discussion for another day. Meg
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