Babe…..In honor of you turning 34 in a week or so, I am gifting you early. I know this summer has been vacation after vacation. I know I really like to buy Halloween costumes. I know Chick Fil-A has put a dent into my bank account. (I am sure you can name a few other things, but I don’t want to completely out myself.)
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Back to the birthday…..in honor of your big 3-4, I am going to give you a month long gift. From today, September 17th until one month from now, October 17th….I am going to put myself on a budget of only $34.00. (Excluding gas, groceries and legitimate bills.)
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Now I want you to know that I have already told my peeps about this and they know I am serious. My mom isn’t too thrilled with how our conversation went. I said to her, “I am not spending any money this month, so if you want to be with me and your grand kids…..it looks like you will have to pay.” Then she explained to me that paying for Botox is just paying a doctor’s bill. Is she crazy? Does she think this is a joke? Obviously, I’ll wait for the month to end before I make my appointment. Tristen already told me that if we go to the movies, she won’t pay for me, but she is “down” with me sneaking in.
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This means no going out to eat. This means no seeing something that I just have to have. This means life will be about “Costco Runs” instead of “Costco Funs”. The only money that will be spent other than at a gas station or a grocery store will be by the use of gift cards. (I am kind of annoyed that you made me use all of my gift cards last Christmas.) And finally, I am not going to pull Shem’s high school stunt of buying whatever I want from the gas station because it is on my list of being legal — or in his case it was on my dad’s gas station credit card.
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One month my friend…One month of a serious budget.
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XOXO
I love you
Happy Birthday From Me
I guess the only bad news in this is that you won’t be getting any sort of birthday gift (I really wish I could have gotten you some new sunglasses)– but I will cook you up a mean meal — without balloons or candles!
(Just kidding — I have a stash of both. Luckily, because I just had to have them in years past!)
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