Thursday, January 31, 2008

mitigate

my auntie carol sent me some money for christmas from england. i was hoping that after the currency exchange it would give me almost enough to buy a new bed. however, with the dollar being so unusually high it was significantly less than i hoped, and not nearly enough for a bed. so i was left with this money trying to figure out how to spend it and wanting to use it for something special instead of just letting it get absorbed into bills and stuff. i've been wanting to get an ipod for the last several years but i could never justify spending money on something i don't NEED. so i didn't get one. at some point this morning the two thoughts collided in my head. i went to the apple website and decided on a silver ipod shuffle. it's only 1gb and it only holds 12 hours of music, but i usually listen to the same stuff on repeat anyway. the shuffle has always appealed to me and even more so now that it has that clip. i got it engraved, any guesses on what i got?? melissa and beckie... you can't guess because you already know.

i paid off my visa bill tonight that had my flight to baffin on it. it smarts a little, especially because this was payday so i have no hope of replenishing my funds for two weeks. i'll just tighten my purse strings, it'll be fine. it feels good to pay off debt. hurts so good.

sometimes i like to flirt with danger. toy with peril.

my mama thinks i'm grown but i'm really just little.

5 comments:

dawna said...

no guesses... but i'm curious.

rab said...

I've printed off your paragraph on paying off your Visa. It is a great quote for our financial seminars. Do I have your permission to use it?

Hurts so good, indeed.

yelsel said...

uh-oh, the suspense i've built will probably disappoint. it's really not that fancy, it just seemed suitable.

sure bobbers! i've never been used as an example of "what to do" before. i'll try to not let it go to my head :p

Buddy said...

Does it say... "Lesley rocks!" ;)

By the way, I put up my Christmas pictures

doseger said...

toy with peril is a great quote too.
it will be used with or without permission. grins