i wish i had one of those money tree things.

if my optimistic calculations are correct, i have exactly $5. 47 to get me to Friday.

I had $6.47, but I felt I should give at least a dollar to the church offering. so ya.

im not trying to sound depressing, or suggesting i need donations. really. im not.

im just hoping that one day i can look back on this post and be all ‘ya me, im a millionaire now. i was so broke in my 20s. but luckily i got super rich since then.’

plans for becoming rich include (but are not limited to): getting my blog mentioned on oprah, marrying “rich” (aka, someone who makes more than $38,000 annually), and, umm. ya. that’s all i’ve got.

don’t worry though, i’ve got like food and stuff. i mean, i spent parts of my pay check at the grocery story like a responsible person and whatnot. and i’ve got half a tank of gas, so as long as i don’t have to drive anywhere besides work, i’ll be good.

you might be like, ‘crystal, why are you so broke? i thought you had a master’s degree and a grown-up job?’

well, i do. i do. but unfortunately, this whole journalism thing doesn’t pay as well as i’d hoped.

also, i decided to spend $125 to get my hair dyed on this pay check.

im told that in normal-people land, $125 is chunk change. but for me it was ALL of my change.

alas, my hair DOES look splendid, but im pretty sure it would have been smarter to just let the roots show. i mean, they weren’t THAT bad. right?

well, anyway, hindsight, 20/20, you know.

and don’t worry, im trying harder to budget and stuff. it’s just hard because i don’t really have money to budget.

so ya.

now excuse me while i fantasize about the day i’ll have enough money to go to taco bell again.

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Reason #167 for hating winter:

My heat bill was $190. PEOPLE!! $190??!! to heat a SMALL apartment. for ONE month! what the crap? That’s more than my car payment. and it’s more than my car insurance payment. and almost half my freaking rent.

As a result, my apartment will now be 54 degrees (ish) for the rest of the winter. if you were planning to visit i’d recommend you bring an extra sweater. or a blanket. or summer.

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stir me some crazy

so, i’ve lived in wisconsin long enough to know that when we get our typical weekly blizzard it’s best to just stay home that day. and seeing as how i didn’t have to work, i woke up this morning, looked out my window, saw said weekly blizzard and went right back to bed.

and normally, i can convince myself that i actually have TWO reasons to stay home — one being the blizzard and two being a lack of money to do anything fun with anyway. but because i decided to pay my rent AND my car insurance on my next check (which will leave me approximately $20) i have some extra money. and you know me and money. i wear pockets, it burns holes. and i have SO MANY things i can buy for my apartment, because all i have right now is a bed and a magazine rack.

but NO, i had to keep reminding myself ALL DAY that i should just avoid driving in this stupid blizzard. and normally i would just ignore my advice, but (candidate x) is coming to town tomorrow, and knowing my luck i’d go get myself killed driving in this weather and i wouldn’t get to cover (candidate x). so i just stayed home. all. freaking. day. and played online. and bothered the boy i like on the phone with lame conversation. and watched a REALLY LONG movie. and did the dishes. and the laundry. and blogged. and that has brought me to about 8 p.m. but seeing as how im not a seven-year-old i don’t want to go to bed yet. and the snow has stopped.

NO! what am i thinking. the roads probably aren’t safe. and i really don’t want to die before tomorrow. i NEED to just stay put. ughhh. it’s been snowing for almost FOUR MONTHS. i can’t freaking take it anymore. somebody PLEASE find me a job south of Kentucky. please. so i can go out during the day like a normal person again. please.  

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