Diary of an Overspender – Part 3.
Fleeting success. Or the success that comes with first having failed.
I dutifully took myself to St Vincents de Paul in Paddington over the weekend. Saturday to be precise…Part treasure hunting, part time-killing to stop myself spending money elsewhere.
It worked to some extent; having only managed to spend $22 on a pair of remarkably clean ralph lauren pants, thus keeping myself under the $25 limit, I was feeling pretty good about myself.
But then my day was over.
I had spent my money, and acquired my thing.
Pulled up the ol’ Xinja app, $27 remaining from my initial $100… not bad if I do say so myself.
I literally had no idea because I spend most weekends spending money.
Food, drinks, stuff… whatever, I just knew the alternative meant ‘not’ doing those things…and I liked those things so…what do you want from me here?
Long story short my friends texted me for an old pals’ birthday at 8pm, and before you knew it I was $150 down at the casino, with a pina colada in one hand and two spicy pickles in the other. The pickles were free, so I took two to recoup a fraction of the $150 I had just lost on blackjack challenge.
(What’s blackjack challenge? Oh it’s the same as regular blackjack, but the casino take your money more often, it’s great!)
Checked Xinja…Still $27. (Of course, because you didn’t use your Xinja card did you, monkey max?)
I hate to admit that the first thought I had when I realised I hadn’t spent any of my Xinja cash was “Great, Uber-eats maccas here I come, you beautiful greasy baby”.
“I’ll just get the pancakes…. and a hashbrown…and ‘one’ bacon and egg mcmuffin. Oh and one happy meal, with the nuggets”
$14.75 later, I was a slightly fuller, less sad boi.
Pulled up Xinja… $13.25 remaining. $13.25 which is supposed to last me till this coming Friday.
No, fried rice would be too fancy, I’m staring down the barrel of 90c noodle packets.
(I have nobody to blame but my upbringing, so that is what I shall blame)
Tune in this weekend to see if I can stop myself buying my eighth pair of $300 headphones, am I right?
(p.s these are all from our forum, check it out if you’re struggling!)
The same can be said for our savings, all it takes is cumulative small changes to achieve your goals, just remember to not take yourself to seriously (we’re all doing our best here) and to have fun with it. You’ll probably fail a bunch before you get it together, but you’ll feel better knowing you’re working towards something 😉
Just. Like. me.
The content above does not represent any form of advice and Xinja has obviously not considered your individual circumstances in preparing this. It is simply a few thoughts on money to get the conversation started.