This holiday season, how did your poor wallet do? I found a funny thing this shopping season. I cashed a paycheque (as in, I got the whole thing in cash). After paying for a face lift for Foxy (the car), I still had a few hundred dollars in my wallet. It was weird. Here I had all this money I could spend...but I didn't want to. I didn't want to part with those $50 dollar bills. I didn't want to watch my hard-earned dough turn from red to green to purple to blue to silver and gold and eventually silver coins. I wanted to hold on to the cash as long as possible. What was wrong with me? I had no problem whipping out the gold visa card whenever possible (but I get airmiles!).
Another thought occurred to me...I hadn't set a Christmas present budget. Here I was at Ikea and I hadn't really written down how much I planned to spend. Certain disaster sure to strike, I mentally did some math and came up with a per person max. Except I'd already bought those Moulin Rouge ballet tickets online for my mom and sister...
Things spiraling out of control, I vowed to hold onto as much of this cash as possible, leaving Ikea with some left, if possible.
Sound like your holiday? And after those boxing day sales? Your wallet got a boxing alright and you left stores with the sound of the cash register's ca-ching in your ears.
The good news is: January is soon upon us and a fresh start to the New Year!
Oh, and Ikea? I finished off the rest of my Christmas shopping and the rest of my cash but didn't go over and resort to putting the excess on plastic.
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