I might buy a TV. I'd save most of it though.
I used to be horrible with money until I learned how to threesome. This involves splitting money into the three: needs, don't needs, and save on a weekly basis.
IE: 1000$ would be split to 330$ with the extra 10$ providing leeway into any of the spending purposes.
1. Needs: rent, food, phone, travel (extra at the end of the week goes to paying credit cards/debts)
2. Don't needs: booze, a giant chicken suit, bikini top made of coconuts, panda bear chopsticks,russian egg dolls with the images of communist dictators on them... etc...
3. Savings: for the bigger things I want/need like travelling, one day a car, sex change, education, ipad...
One might consider me responsible with my money, but really I'm just apathetic towards spending.
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
It's weird too because I forget that in Aussie 1000$ doesn't go too far. Wages are higher ... Overnight mcD workers can get paid 25$/hr and that's my wage working as a caretaker/pizza flipper. But rent is paid weekly and for most is around 300$/week (I pay 150$ weekly) and Australia is no 2 for highest standard of living... It's super expensive here. Pack of cigs is almost 30$ and a case of beer easily 50$. If I were in Canada I could stretch it out.
Ya sometimes I need to adjust it when the needs outweigh. I should save more but if I didn't budget for the wants I know I would binge splurge which would prob be very detrimental.
Boldly go.
The benefits of our high cost of living are going down the drain too but I guess that's a story for another thread