Mo Money, Mo Problems? Nah.

Aaargh! I spend too much money. Not all at once, but little bits, here and there.

Yesterday I just HAD to buy The Eagle's Gift (I'm in need of something unconventionally transcendental), and then I discovered that the 5th book my favorite author (C. J. Cherryh) wrote recently after finishing up my favorite quartet over 15 years ago ago was out in paperback, so of course I had to get that too. And, since I was in such an expansive mood, I bought Friedman's Feast of Souls, which I've been in desperate need of since it came out in hardcover.

Then I went shopping (intending not to buy anything, I told myself) and saw a rug that had to go in my bedroom, since my cat sleeps on the hardwood floor (when he's not nesting in my hair and turning it into a snaggly mess) and I feel sorry for him. He has a bed, why doesn't he use it?! And THEN, I had to get lunch for myself for the next few days, and then paid my credit card bill, and then my phone bill, gym membership, etc. This weekend at Charlotte Dancesport Challenge will be expensive too, since I'll have to eat out and pay attendance fees. And I'm currently wrestling with my strong desire to buy all new clothes for the event, even though I'm there to watch friends compete, unless lightning strikes and imbues me with some serious dancing capabilities.

Add weekly private lessons to that list, rent/utilities, car payment, and then my student loan payment, and I've got a helluva load of bills to pay, for a single girl (yes, GIRL! WOMEN are over 35!) with an MPA who doesn't have particularly flagrant spending habits. I wish life were simpler. I wish we all used coins and bartered and grew our own food. Maybe I SHOULD up and join an Amish community.

East Coast Swing tonight. Be my partner?