Sunday, April 3, 2011
Decisions, Decisions
As most of you know, C is a bit (aka: huge) sports fan. For certain teams (Canadiens, Duke, Cowboys) he is borderline obsessed. Once a year, I actually get involved in the sports madness. It's called March Madness. I enter in the bracket with alllll of C's sports buddies, some that he knows, and others that he doesn't, and pick teams based on the follow criteria: - how excited the team is with their draft position - team colours - mascot - if the cheerleaders are .... uhm ... dressed appropriately or inappropriately (edit: I don't choose teams with skanky cheerleaders!) Well! I had UConn going to the finals and winning. Totally a random pick, and because they have a strong women's team...so naturally, I figured that the men's program would be strong as well. For anyone who missed last night's game...UConn won, and is in the Finals which will be played on Monday. I am the ONLY one who had UConn going to the finals, much less winning the entire thing. Therefore... I WIN!! $500 baby! Now...I have some serious decisions to make! Do I....be practical and put it into Owen's RESP or a boat load of diapers and formula? Do I....put myself first for a change and get a new wardrobe, shoes, bathing suit etc? Do I....put it into my family and pay the bills? Here are the top 10 options that I'm entertaining 1) Owen's RESP 2) New jeans/dress pants/dresses/skirts/shoes/shirts/purses 3) Cricut cartridges and supplies for Sweet Stella's 4) Put toward a family vacation for this summer 5) Purchase gift cards to my hair salon to have my hair paid for for the next year+ 6) Bills 7) New tattoo(s) 8) Tree for the front yard, veggie garden in the backyard and a swing set for Owen 9) Use for the 5 weddings that we have to go to this year 10) Spa day(s) HELP! Help me decide! C is encouraging me to be selfish and use it to put myself first...get jeans that fit, new undergarments that fit my changing body, shoes...even a Petunia Pickle Bottom bag if I wanted. (which I don't anymore...I found up a super cute way to dress up my basic black Skip Hop!) A certain part of me is saying "Don't be silly...$500 goes a LONG way for diapers, formula, ingredients for solids, shoes, clothes...Owen" and another part is saying "Uhm...I can be selfish for once!" What would you do? One of the above? Something totally different? A combination of options?
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4 comments:
You should spend it on yourself and maybe something cute for your baby :) As a mother I think we forget about ourselves and you have done a lot of great work and have made some pretty impressive changes. You should reward yourself for that.
You don't have to spend it all in one place! I'm very practical and tend to go for 'needs' over 'wants'. I'm also very good at delaying gratification. If you 'need' clothes that fit then I would certainly use some of the money to buy some wardrobe essentials that you're missing. I'd then put the rest aside to ease the financial pressure of 5 weddings (!) and a trip. All that being said, if I had any outstanding credit card debt it would go immediately to that but I'd also want to feel like I had a little fun so I'd likely do $100 for me and $400 for the debt. I'm very practical and tend to be a 'saver' so I'm not very fun when it comes to spending money :P
i'm thinking....
$150 - wardrobe
$150 - RESP
$100 - hair appointment next week
$100 - TBD
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