January 2010 is here, Christmas 2009 is in the rear view mirror, and I am engaging in the traditional New Year's celebration of paying bills. Although we did not suffer the economic pains of many Americans this year, we nevertheless committed ourselves to reigning in expenses.  To be honest, we have the same conversation every November...only to cave by December 25th. Much though I would like to brag and say this year we held firm and succeeded, the truth is we were worse.
     Key to our success, or so we thought, would be the internet.  We would plan ahead what we were purchasing and not fall prey to sleek sales, music, and marketing at the malls.  While the internet did provide us "the mall" absent the music (and sneezing, coughing crowds) it completely failed to deliver one very important shopper's reward - cart satisfaction.
     Sure you can "view your cart" but the half inch picture simply doesn't deliver the same sense of accomplishment as pushing a real cart packed with Monopoly, drums and dolls. Adding additional unplanned items as a means of compensating for how little I'd purchased of course served only to increase the guilt I felt as I proceeded to check out and entered my credit card number.  So much for reigning it in.  Guess we too will consult Suzie Orman for Christmas 2010.  

Mama Kim www.lifeskillsreportcard.com
 


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