I had trouble deciding what to confess today. I’ve already covered that I look in your shopping cart, I’m for sale, I hate being a bridesmaid and I pay full price for things. While I know that I have a ton more confessions I can make, I wasn’t sure which one of them warranted its own post. So instead of just confessing to one financial secret, I’m going to confess to a few:
I pay for cable. -Pause for collective gasp.- I know that it’s popular among financial experts and bloggers to recommend canceling cable. And I did. Sort of. I don’t pay for any premium channels like Starz or HBO (though I did wait until Big Love was over before I got rid of HBO) but I do pay for channels like IFC, Nickelodeon (I have an almost 5 year old. This is a necessity in my book), and Style (judge if you will, I need me some Jerseylicious). Although I mainly watch network TV, it’s nice to have the option of a Bridezillas marathon if I need it.
I get my hair done in a salon. I like my hair too much to allow myself to do it myself. I would wind up with angular hair in a weird shade of orange. So I pay someone to cut and color my hair. I’ve been going to the same person for over 10 years, she does a great job and she’s really reasonable with her rates. Considering I’d wind up in her chair after the debacle that would be me doing my own hair, I consider this a money saving and preventative measure.
I eat in restaurants. Again, most experts say that if you’re paying off debt, you should not be eating in restaurants. I say screw that. I cook 6 out of 7 nights a week and I fully believe that once a week I should be allowed deserving of a night off. Menu planning and meal preparation is hard and doing it 6 of 7 days every week can get exhausting (if it were necessary, however, I would do it every day, every week, every month) . To ensure that I have a night off, we have a restaurant budget. If dinner one week uses up that money then we eat at home all 7 nights the following week. And I usually buy lunch once every two weeks, too. I love me some Panera and some Jake’s Wayback burgers (if you do not have this place near you, I am so sorry. If I ever go back to eating meat, a Jake’s burger will be the reason).
I’ve never seen an Indiana Jones movie. OK, that has absolutely nothing to do with money but I had to say it. Please don’t like me less.
That concludes Confessions Week here at Daily Money Shot. Thanks for reading all my confessions. I feel so much better to have gotten them off my chest.
Are there any confessions you’d like to make?