GIFTING YOURSELF
– By Karen Wardle
M y good friend Isabel hates her kitchen backsplash. She has
been living in her home for over 30 years. She is a wonderful
cook, spends hours in that room, yet she complains about the
out-dated backsplash every time I share that space with her.
My daughter told me she needs new pants, but she can’t
spend the money right now because her son really needs...
this or that. After she gets him this or that, he will need the
other. You know how it is when you’re a mom.
We’re too hard on ourselves. We work hard for our money,
but our money doesn’t s t r e t c h as much as we’d like it to.
There’s never enough money to go around, or is there?
I realized I enjoy too much wine, and so I started going to
one of those ‘DIY wine’ places so I could make a batch of wine
and save a bundle (hey, at $3.50 a bottle that’s pretty good...
and much to my surprise so is the wine!). And I realized there
is always a way to save some money –if you’re tight– and gift
yourself that little something that would cheer you up.
I have a jar now, one which I hide in the back shelf of my
bedroom armoire. It’s actually an old vase, and so it’s opaque
so I can’t see what’s inside... but I know there’s money in there.
I call it my “me jar”, and every second month –that’s right,
every couple of months– I pull out some of it and spend it
on myself. Whatever the gift may be that I wish, I make sure
to make an appointment with myself and shop! Whether it’s
a blouse, a new pair of shoes, or a fancy pair of earrings... the
only rule is that is must be for ME.
My daughter thinks I’m nuts, but Isabel has started to
do it as well. Since she started, she figures she has close to
$500 in there now – pretty close to a new backsplash fund!
In the meantime she will continue to complain, but at least
she’s doing something about it, as everyone should. As the
commercial says, “because we’re worth it.”
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Silver & Gold Magazine ~ SUMMER 2019
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