My purchases for the past three weeks

Normally I'm pretty good at not spending money. Sometimes, however (like when I'm sad) I don't think about things before I buy. I was just thinking before about what I'd bought over the last few weeks and realised how unnecessary most of it is. I mean, sure, it made me feel good to buy it and have it and all the rest, but do I really need it?

So I've decided to start a new section on this blog: my weekly purchases. Of course, since this is the first post, it'll be my purchases for the last few weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to look at things properly this way and note how much I'm spending and why I'm spending it. Kind of like the Great No Shopping For Lucy Or She Buys Us Booze challenge Lucy went through last year, except I'm not promising a bar tab at the end. Sorry, guys.


Salem Falls - Jodi Picoult. Purchased new, $16.


Season One of Gossip Girl. Purchased new, $29.99


Plato's Symposium. Purchased secondhand - $5.50


Whittakers Peanut Slab.


The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky. Purchased new, $23.95


Black pants. Purchased new, $24.99.


Electric blue cardigan. Purchased new, $31.99.


Heart necklace with ribbon. Purchased new, $7.


Elephant necklace. Purchased new, $11.50.


I've also bought things like tickets to a play, lunch for me and my parents and other strange and delightful things that I've found at work.

21sts

Last night I went to my friend Jeremy's 21st.



I also had a little too much to drink and woke up with a killer hangover, bright and early for work this morning.

I had some interesting conversations with some fun people. Most of the girls there were pretty and had nice legs and perfect hair and were not weird. I felt incredibly out of place but I managed to find some people who I could chatter away with. It really started me thinking about my own 21st. I've known for the past year or so that I'm not having a party, but a dinner. I already have my guest list sorted and unless some major stuff happens between now and July 31st there will be 12 seats at the table.

I'm even excessive enough to know who is sitting where because in my group of invitees there is the potential that a few people may not get on very well. Now I'm trying to decide how grown up it should be. Last night there was a game of pass the parcel and in some of the wrappings were disposable cameras. If you got a camera, you had to use it up on shots of the night. I've heard of people doing it at weddings too and it seems kind of neat... but with a guest list as small as mine it seems a little silly.

Anyway. Yeah. I still need to pick where the eating will occur, but I'm getting some help with that one so hopefully all will be swell!