I had the brakes fixed on my car last week. I generally love spending money, except that this time it is was an unhappy $400 surprise. Nobody said car repair was convenient, it's really a wake-up call. Painfully, now I will have to commit the criminal offense of reducing my personal spending. It's back to only spending 1/3 of my paycheck and saving the rest...
The stretch of time between November and January is when I have the most birthday presents to buy, not to mention Christmas. Right now, it's a scary thought that won't leave me alone. I found a glass jar in my kitchen that I'm going to use to store my loose change, which had been accumulating in my car for a long time. Today is day 1 of my "Birthday/Christmas" fund. I know it won't cover everything, but hopefully I can make a decent amount of money from it.
Another area where I can't spend much money is on books. I think new books can be ridiculously expensive. I avoid libraries if I have a choice. I'll be honest: the reason I don't like to use them is because I'm against doing things on someone else's time, the exceptions being that either I have to or there is some kind of reward for me involved. Getting books used isn't bad as a compromise, most of my Giles Milton books were used.
I think saving more and spending it on other people will be a good experience for me, the hard part is staying committed to it.
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