fun stuff
My honey and I went half on a video game system. I played with the Nintendo Wii just once after Christmas and I knew from that one time that I would have to have my own, even though I’m not much of a video game player. It ran me about $250. It was nice to have the money to get something I wanted. Sheesh - you gotta enjoy yourself even throughout the journey to your goals. I got it during February, and I was still able to increase my net worth and put some money into the My Own Home account.
But now there’s something else I want. Even though I know my car is a depreciating asset, I want to make some improvements. I want keyless remote entry, remote engine start, and privacy windows in the back (and maybe even nicer hubcaps - but not too nice, I do live in the city, after all). I don’t know how much this is going to cost me, but I’ve wanted these things since I bought the car two years ago, but I’ve been putting them off so that I could take care of priorities like getting rid of revolving debt, and paying for the bar exam and its preparation. Now I don’t feel the same guilt buying nice things for myself that I felt when I had the revolving debt.
Old habits die hard, though. I want the car improvements. But I want the house. And whatever I put towards the car could just as easily help me to get to my house goal, which is more important to me. I’ve been driving the car happily for the last two years without these improvements - I can wait a little longer. But I’m still a little torn. I guess this is what it’s like for Serenity3-0 to choose between new shoes and her savings account.
What do you think I should do?
