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Ever go through those times in your life when you feel like you're just burning, and I mean burning, through money? When every day sees you pull out the credit card and with a heavy-hearted sigh, sign away another few hundred dollars for this, another few hundred dollars for that? Well, I'm in one of those times, right now. And it hurts. It hurts bad.
I know we're about to have a baby, and babies cost money.
I know we now own a car and cars cost money.
I know we're living in one of the most expensive places in the world on one salary. Urgh.
But knowing all that, oh voice of reason, doesn't make the pain any more painless.
Somehow, in our very talented way, I think we've just managed to squeeze all that pain into a neat few months. Setting up for the babe, buying those big ticket items that you only need to buy once, paying for private healthcare here in Honkers. Throw in Phil's birthday next week, Christmas a few days after, a nice fat bill to fix the 'new' car (yep) and a few international flights to be booked for early 2012 and how's your father, there goes that piece of plastic playing havoc once again.
'Tis the season, some might say.... well, this season? This one in particular? It's just plain hurting more than most. Sigh.
7 comments:
As if its not enough that this year it seems like Christmas and then practically the next day its Spring Festival! Try to play the lotto...maybe you'll get lucky
I do feel like that..right now! We are off to Taiwan for my son's wedding very soon and between clothes, tickets, passports, gifts and everything else, the money just keeps on flowing!
I feel your pain. We have the new baby coming and a daughter so her furniture is being passed to the baby but we have to buy her 'big girls' things and it's sooooo expensive. Plus decorate and carpet 2 bedrooms :(
Stupidly we are going away for 4 nights on Sunday, then it's Christmas and then we go to America for 3 weeks on the 4th Jan (argh!). To say we are burning through money is an understatement :(
Oh and in the last 4 weeks we've had the lock on the front door break, the element on the cooker blow and our shower pump pack up...all needed to be replaced.
I need a money tree.
Sorry for my rant/moan on your blog there x
Is there any consolation in knowing that your pain is shared by many [nay] millions?
Probably not.
The upside?
Safety, comfort, mobility, joy, connection......the list could surely go on and on.
Here's to a weekend of simple pleasures where that plastic stays firmly wedged in your wallet.
xx
It's a bushfire over here too. x
Don't worry. I'm hearing/feeling 'ya! Money Money Money. It's a rich man's world. Abba.
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