Financial Mistakes

Financial mistakes I've made this past month that I am correcting:

1. Bought expensive dog harness that I am now going to return. After all, there's nothing wrong with Poochi's current harness except being old. The $30 could be applied somewhere else (like an existing credit card balance. I battle spending impulses often.

(offensive expensive harness)

2. Bought many packs of bottled Fiji water thinking "I can't possibly drink Zephyrills!" This reasoning changed after 1 fitness boot camp session where I drank an entire bottle of Fiji water, remained thirsty and bought a store brand bottled water sold at boot camp. I wouldn't have cared if it was from a rusty tap at that point.

Goodbye many bottles of water, hello environmental & fiscal conservation!

 

(water bottle courtesy of boot camp)

3. Bought books from the itunes bookstore. Now I just read them at the bookstore without purchasing. If you're wondering why I don't go to the public library it is because when my car was stolen 9 years ago I had library books in the trunk and the public library refused to absolve the costs (though I was a victim of a crime and had a police report itemizing these books!). I refuse to pay these fines as I see it as a matter of principle. If my public high school was willing to absolve the cost of an expensive video camera (don't leave anything in your car folks) then why can't the public library?!

4. Bought too many lunches instead of packing it from home. Goodbye $4.51 a slice pumpkin cheesecake.

(I know it looks good and tastes even better) 

My biggest obstacle was making lunch in the mornings, till I got the idea to make it in bulk on the weekend and just have the sandwiches waiting to be grabbed in the fridge before the work week begins. So this week I have 3 roast chicken and provolone cheese sandwiches waiting to be eaten. Why roast chicken? My boot camp instructor insists this is healthier than deli meat. No picture of the sandwiches because it doesn't look as great as the food porn above. Though its healthier!

Many of my mistakes are simple common sense errors yet I know many make the same mistakes. I heard water bottles are taking up the most space in landfills these days. And as for the cheesecake, well take a look at that photo! Only the blind can resist!