Cousin Ros and I had a conversation over the past weekend. Woman favourite topic - jewellery. I was showing her brochure of a pendant that I have my eye for. She said it's gorgeous and I should get it. Than she told me, she wanted to get herself a diamond ring which roughly cost about $2500 (after sale price). I asked whats stopping her, and she replied "Hubby said, let me think about it."
Now this is a working woman who has more dough than me (I think), but yet she can't buy her own bubble if she wants too? That don't seem right. So I told her straight up, "What, you can't buy your own bubble? Don't you want to treat yourself once in a while?" .... Sigh... women..
I mean don't get me wrong... I'm not spend rift and go all out spending money like I have my own mint machine. But I believe in treating myself. Especially when my main priorities of paying bills, utilities, mortgages, blah blah is meet on a monthly basis. I don't want to deprive myself when I work so hard and all I did was to pay bills and had nothing else. Even than, money spend on me, is money that I have saved or I have extra on the side. Sometimes I give myself little treat. Sometimes I go all out like I did when I purchased my LG phone (and only because my Nokia was about to split into two) and yes the pendant I been eyeing. But other than that, its spend on basic necessities and mom.
This is how I looks at it, if I decide to buy something and I'm not asking you to pay a single cent, its my treat to myself and you ain't got nutz to say about it. I'm not going to sit around all antzy and sh*t caused I want hubby to buy me something, cuz THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Well I guess birthday, anniversary and all happy occasion excluded of course, that's a PRIORITY for him... he better get me something..... hee hee.
I guess I was a little perturbed when she lets hubby decides if she deserve sometime nice. For the love of Gawd woman.....go buy your own dam bubble with the money that you earn!!! I ain't telling you to spend your whole paycheck on it, but jeewezzzz...and yes I'm tired of hearing you whining about your cheapskate hubby.....oopss there I said it.
So, today during lunch I went out and purchased my gorgeous pendant. Well actually I trade in my trilogy diamond pendant that I had for 7 years. And it took me 3 weeks to decide before purchasing the pendant. Every piece of jewellery I bought mark a significant moment in my life (not that I have many jewellery but you get the gist of it). I remembers my first ever sapphire ring I bought and still in keepsake. Come to think of it, I think I was cheated at the price back than.
See, gorgeous isn't it. Citrine surrounded by diamond. Well I don't care if you think otherwise. The pendant is to mark an end of a decade and entering a new one. All bright and shiny, hopefully the new decade be all that too. Meaning, happy and prosperous. Citrine gem is known for its mythology believe to be a healer stone and removal of bad aura... well we see about that..... hee hee.
To quote my favourite phrase "I'm broke but happy!!"
Now this is a working woman who has more dough than me (I think), but yet she can't buy her own bubble if she wants too? That don't seem right. So I told her straight up, "What, you can't buy your own bubble? Don't you want to treat yourself once in a while?" .... Sigh... women..
I mean don't get me wrong... I'm not spend rift and go all out spending money like I have my own mint machine. But I believe in treating myself. Especially when my main priorities of paying bills, utilities, mortgages, blah blah is meet on a monthly basis. I don't want to deprive myself when I work so hard and all I did was to pay bills and had nothing else. Even than, money spend on me, is money that I have saved or I have extra on the side. Sometimes I give myself little treat. Sometimes I go all out like I did when I purchased my LG phone (and only because my Nokia was about to split into two) and yes the pendant I been eyeing. But other than that, its spend on basic necessities and mom.
This is how I looks at it, if I decide to buy something and I'm not asking you to pay a single cent, its my treat to myself and you ain't got nutz to say about it. I'm not going to sit around all antzy and sh*t caused I want hubby to buy me something, cuz THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Well I guess birthday, anniversary and all happy occasion excluded of course, that's a PRIORITY for him... he better get me something..... hee hee.
I guess I was a little perturbed when she lets hubby decides if she deserve sometime nice. For the love of Gawd woman.....go buy your own dam bubble with the money that you earn!!! I ain't telling you to spend your whole paycheck on it, but jeewezzzz...and yes I'm tired of hearing you whining about your cheapskate hubby.....oopss there I said it.
So, today during lunch I went out and purchased my gorgeous pendant. Well actually I trade in my trilogy diamond pendant that I had for 7 years. And it took me 3 weeks to decide before purchasing the pendant. Every piece of jewellery I bought mark a significant moment in my life (not that I have many jewellery but you get the gist of it). I remembers my first ever sapphire ring I bought and still in keepsake. Come to think of it, I think I was cheated at the price back than.See, gorgeous isn't it. Citrine surrounded by diamond. Well I don't care if you think otherwise. The pendant is to mark an end of a decade and entering a new one. All bright and shiny, hopefully the new decade be all that too. Meaning, happy and prosperous. Citrine gem is known for its mythology believe to be a healer stone and removal of bad aura... well we see about that..... hee hee.
To quote my favourite phrase "I'm broke but happy!!"
2 comments:
hi dropping by
that money-sharing topic is one of the toughest ones for me when I think about how much I might like to get married. not that anyone is proposing but still the prospects of somebody telling me what I can and cannot by steams my broccoli.
hey gc,
thank you for stopping by, much appreciated.
i understand where you coming from, i guess at a point finance has to be shared for household and such but i believe, you need to treat yourself too and not feel guilty about it.
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