It happens all too often to far too many people.Īnd it’s the result of a lack of self control. How can we be broke? How can we make so much money and not have anything left?” Then it happens – the month ends and you look around at the bills for the upcoming month and you say “ wait a second. and he laughs at me and says I’m a nerd.) (My husband is #1 guilty of this on a daily.
You might even be out of singles, so you just swipe your plastic debit card and move on. In any case, it’s relatively small – you justify it as being a few dollars, maybe even just a single dollar. Or, it could be a grande mocha at Starbucks on the way into work, or a Redbox DVD rental. It could be the dollar spot at Target, or a few little things on Amazon. It could be a huge extra-large drink at the QuikTrip, or a bag of chips from the vending machine.
It doesn’t have to be much really, either. If you are anything like the majority of Americans, you might be tempted to run out and buy items each day that you probably do not need.
