Nothing for me (Week 45)
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." As colorful as you might find that rascal Oscar Wilde, the simple fact of his spendy lifestyle was that he ended up declaring bankruptcy, and selling off the rights to The Importance of Being Earnest . Even when he was at his poorest, Oscar found ways to keep us his collection of china and purchase an angora suit. Imaginative, yes, but the brilliant writer ended up having to part with it all. With that grim reminder, I decided to make the second week in December all about spending nothing. Okay, almost nothing. We still need to eat, so just to keep my bank statement at $0.00 for the week, I asked Val to do the grocery shopping. Other than that, I chopped my spending like a newly elected politician and became a financial monk for seven straight days. With Christmas shopping fever in full tilt, I discovered the joy of parking my credit card in its wallet sleeve while the madness raged all around ...