Military Saves Week - The Stress of Making a Purchase
by Leanne Kocsis, Director of Research and Development, MilitaryAvenue.com
Avon, OH - Did you know that The Department of Defense has designated February 19 to 26, 2012 as Military Saves Week? Saving money... kind of a sore point for me. I would MUCH RATHER take a shopping spree at Target then save a budgeted amount each month for my retirement ... in like 30 years! Egads... don't the 'financial experts' know that I live in the here-and-now?!
Well not my husband. He is my saver. Finances might be tight but darn-it-all our monthly budgeted-allotment is going into our IRAs. "You have to pay yourself too", he says. Well I'll pay myself... by buying that cool new household-gizmo that I just need right now. He just shakes his head in utter-dismay. Is there really any hope for his wife?!
But I have SEEN the beauty of saving first hand ... and because I have it has made me a better consumer in the long run. Strides ... I'm taking great strides! I'm a little less prone to stomping out of the room when hubs pulls the "It is not in the budget" line. I pick things up .... put them down ... pick things up ... and finally put them down for good. (Sometimes things even stay in my cart for a couple trips around the aisle while I contemplate.)
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