epiphany comes a little early

[beachlass]

The boy and I decided that we would buy a new tv this year, as our big Xmas present. And we went out on Boxing Day, and got one - locally, I'm happy to say. It took lots of thinking and deciding, and felt like such a big, luxurious, expensive purchase - replacing our hand-me-down 20 inch tv with something bigger. 

And today we were running errands in the city - picking up the boy, indulging in a bit of post-Christmas book buying, a couple of church errands, a new toy for the dog, the market (mmmm.... roast duck for tomorrow night!!), and I dropped a sizeable amount of book allowance at the Christian book store that saved me with last minute candles on Christmas Eve. 

And then I realized - between the boy's new e-reader (present from his grandparents), my pleasure reading and my work reading - I spent more on books today than we spent on the tv.

There's some reflection there for me - both in terms of budgeting (can I afford to spend 2x on books and electronics right now?); and also in terms of how I think about spending money - areas in which I'm cautious (fretting would be another word), areas where I just spend. Because: books? We always need more books, right?

Hmm. Luckily I bought a book on shopping.

Comments

[anatsuno]

ah yes, I have had a few of these epiphanies myself. Every time I stumble onto another one I can't help but poke myself mentally into visualizing in tall flaming letters a sentence going more or less 'no one is ever as rational with money/spending as they think; try not to fool yourself too much'. But then it happens again later *g*

[beachlass]

Oh, money and finances. Always something there to work on, for me too.