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Brilliant_Rock
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2008
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let me preface this by saying that I never buy myself anything... when it comes to clothes or jewelry, as much as I love them, the only ones I get are the ones my mom buys for me. I don''t spend money on myself alone--if my FI and I buy anything, it''s usually something that FI really wants, and even that comes maybe once a year (if that).
anyway, I have a phone that I HATE and that has been falling apart for the past 6 months or so. it is still barely usable, so I''ve been holding onto it. I can''t talk on it for more than 10 minutes at a time before it dies.
when I first got hired at my job, I was promised a Blackberry (along with many other things, including a raise in December--none of which I got), so I was sort of holding out for that. but now, it''s clear I''m not getting it.
I''m having trouble making ends meet (as are many of us these days), and I am lucky to have a job, as is FI. I don''t know how long that will last. I have tremendous student loan payments that are going up next month, so I can''t afford another expense.
so, knowing all this, WHYYYYY do I keep pining over getting the free blackberry they''re offering on Verizon when I KNOOOOW I can''t/shouldn''t spend the extra $45+ a month for data charges??? what is wrong with me?
I''ve literally been wishing for this since May, when I promised myself I''d buy myself a bberry when I finished the bar in July...once I finished taking the bar, and I couldn''t justify the expense, I told myself I''d buy it for myself once I got a job...and then I promised I''d buy it for myself once I passed the bar...but obviously I haven''t, and I''ve never treated myself to something like this (nor have I gotten myself anything, no matter how small, even though I feel I''ve accomplished a lot in the past year or so)...but in this economy, I DEFINITELY shouldn''t be committing myself to more payments....
ugh, so I am asking you, the wonderful and brutal PS community--TELL ME TO KNOCK IT OFF!!!!! This isn''t a piece of jewelry we''re talking about--it''s not something that''s uber expensive, or something I''ll have for the rest of my life (and I''m not even an electronics girl!)...just tell me to get over it already, GEEZ!
anyway, I have a phone that I HATE and that has been falling apart for the past 6 months or so. it is still barely usable, so I''ve been holding onto it. I can''t talk on it for more than 10 minutes at a time before it dies.
when I first got hired at my job, I was promised a Blackberry (along with many other things, including a raise in December--none of which I got), so I was sort of holding out for that. but now, it''s clear I''m not getting it.
I''m having trouble making ends meet (as are many of us these days), and I am lucky to have a job, as is FI. I don''t know how long that will last. I have tremendous student loan payments that are going up next month, so I can''t afford another expense.
so, knowing all this, WHYYYYY do I keep pining over getting the free blackberry they''re offering on Verizon when I KNOOOOW I can''t/shouldn''t spend the extra $45+ a month for data charges??? what is wrong with me?
I''ve literally been wishing for this since May, when I promised myself I''d buy myself a bberry when I finished the bar in July...once I finished taking the bar, and I couldn''t justify the expense, I told myself I''d buy it for myself once I got a job...and then I promised I''d buy it for myself once I passed the bar...but obviously I haven''t, and I''ve never treated myself to something like this (nor have I gotten myself anything, no matter how small, even though I feel I''ve accomplished a lot in the past year or so)...but in this economy, I DEFINITELY shouldn''t be committing myself to more payments....
ugh, so I am asking you, the wonderful and brutal PS community--TELL ME TO KNOCK IT OFF!!!!! This isn''t a piece of jewelry we''re talking about--it''s not something that''s uber expensive, or something I''ll have for the rest of my life (and I''m not even an electronics girl!)...just tell me to get over it already, GEEZ!