The Tightwad!

I can't remember the last time I bought anything for myself. I mean something really expensive that is. I've always been a person who is very stingy with my money and especially when it comes to spending for myself. Not that I have all that much money to spend in the first place. I don't know why but I'm always reluctant to part with my money, even for something I like.

There's been so many occasions when I'm out shopping with wifey and I'll see something that catches my eye and it falls in the range of something that I can afford. Wifey will always tell me to go ahead and buy it and I will almost buy it cos when it comes to the time to take it to the cashier to pay for it, I'll always put the item back and say:

'Urrmm, maybe I don't need it that badly ...'

It's so hard to actually get myself to buy something, even though I like whatever it is that I wanted to buy in the first place. And when I do buy something, it's like a big thing for me. I'll be talking about it and showing it off to wifey all night long until she gets absolutely fed up of hearing about it ... LOL!

When I was young, I absolutely had to have everything that I set my sights on. If I went out with my mom or my grandma and if I saw something that caught my fancy, then I'll insist that I want it and if I didn't get it, I'll scream my lungs out and sulk all day. Yes, I was a spoilt brat! And also maybe cos I didn't have to pay for it myself. If I wanted something grandma would buy it for me, or at the very least force my mom to get it for me. It's good being grandma's pet ... LOL!

I guess these days I'm a little more reluctant to part with cash for something I want cos it's my own money and with a family and kids, I'm not that comfortable wasting money on frivolous things. You just can't predict the future and you never know when that cash might just come in handy. I don't want to regret not having money for an emergency or anything cos I just decided to buy that $200 pencil that shoots laser beams or things like that. There's a lot of things I really want to get for myself but I just can't bring myself to get buy it. But that doesn't mean you can't buy it for me if you want to, you know ... LOL!

But then, maybe I should lighten up a little. It's not that I really can't afford to buy stuff for myself. I mean with the side income that I make from all my assignments, it's not like it's going to eat up into a huge portion of my savings or anything like that, right? I guess I could maybe once in a while actually treat myself to something. But then, now comes another problem, I don't really know what to buy. Maybe I'll just get something for the house.

Wifey and me have been contemplating on redecorating the place with a new theme and I'm thinking of going on the wild side a little. Something African. I've seen some pretty good stuff on this site called Afrikboutik - African Art & Gifts. They've got some pretty high quality authentic African (what else ... hehehe ...) products that can be used for your home such as sculptures, masks and even leather bags and jewelry that you can give away as gifts.

And I also found out this other perk that they have where you can take part in a monthly bloggers contest and win some pretty great prizes. Cool, eh? I'm thinking of taking part in it cos this month they're giving away an African Mask called the Old Lawyer (no idea what an old lawyer looks like though ... LOL), valued at $175.00. Then again, maybe we don't need to spend too much money. Maybe we should just save if for a rainy day.

'there you go being stingy again, Nick!'.

And besides, how in heaven's name am I going to convince wifey to go all African this season ... LOL!
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