What is your biggest purchase lately? / myLot

Philippines

September 6, 2009 1:45am CST

I know we spend money on a daily basis..we don't really count that as we purchase food, toiletries, ....stuff that we need every day... however once in a while, we make big purchases that does make an obvious reduciton in our savings...and I feal bad when i look at my bankbook or ATM slip after... however, some of the big purchases are necessary too, and no matter how much we don't wanna spend much.we have to... or even if they might not be that necessary, but they are worth it... like on the 18th of August...it was my son's 14th birthday... I have been saving money all the time and i watch my finances closely...i do make sure he has what he needs but nothing more... I haven't gotten him anything special in a long time... so i decided to buy him a flat screen monitor for his computer (the old one he has is hideous and eats up the whole table since it is as big as old television sets), his speakers were broken for months now so I got him cool tower speakers, then our printer for years and years finally retired...and he needs it for hid assignments and school works, so idecided to get him the 3-in-1 printer: the one tht can scan, photocopy, and print...and finally I got him a cool black computer table so i can get rid of the old table and make his room more spacious... i got everything in black including the computer table... teen-agers love that I let him leave for school then i went out to buy the birthday presents... I paid a lot for it... I took 'em home and set it up in his room... he came home and was so happy for his birthday present..... i felt the money i spent is soooo worth it.... that was my latest biggest purchase... what did you buy lately that you paid much for?

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ratyz5

@ratyz5 (7808)

• Philippines

6 Sep 09

Wow, your son is so lucky to have a mom like you!

I would be making good grades for that gesture you did. Hmmm, big purchases lately.. have to think a bit about it.. My last big purchase would be when I got a book photocopied and binded. With that, I think I bougt my brother a new pair of sandals.. I don't know how much I spent with those things but, it felt good buying my brother something new.. I still had a few savings kept for anything necessary but, I always keep on thinking of what I could actually buy later on. I keep on thinking that if I buy something, would I really use it alot later or it would just collect dust after a few days.. its really hard.. whenever I think I have saved much, I end up thinking that I can save more and when I'm thinking about buying something, I think that I should still save for something better. The process seems to repeat again and again so I just end up buying the things that we need most often and never get to save much (^_^")

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ratyz5

@ratyz5 (7808)

• Philippines

6 Sep 09

That feeling whenever we get to give something to someone we care about. Or perhaps to any person that we could help. The saying really does prove its meaning, "Its better to give than to receive." since it seems to imply that we can still get by with the other things we concern ourselves with while giving something like a gift to other people.

I wish that I could really earn a lot and really get to set aside a lot of money, say deposit it in a bank for time deposit, forget about it after a few months and get reminded later that the amount had increased.. say after a couple of years?

Of course, that is still an idea in my head and I haven't attempted it. Saving money is really hard, especially when something unexpected strikes you when you least expect it so, we really need to take care of ourselves. Getting sick is one of those things that would easily consume any savings that you have set aside.