dumbest thing you ever spent money on
first off..i want to mention a cool blog i ran across: the bestest blog of all time. we are new to blogging and bobby writes about all kinds of stuff i don't even understand yet, but whatever. i especially am happy he changed the color scheme from that awful blue to what you see today!
whew. now that is out of the way...it brings me to today's topic: what is the dumbest thing you have ever spent money on? i ran across this message board from the MSN website...and i read ALL 38 pages.
yeah, i am a total timewaster. so what?? my dishes are done, so screw you.
the sad part? i have done some of these things. first dumb thing i did..was EVER apply for a credit card. now, i don't want to blame Visa, but just because a 17 yr old college freshman HAPPENS to have a 4.0 GPA, that does NOT MEAN she is smart! do NOT give her a $4000 credit limit.
that wasn't the first problem. i hadn't even entertained using that credit card until i met my boyfriend and future husband. yay me. after a series of bad financial decisions (including leasing a car, buying a house we could barely afford and treading the financial waters), we are now divorced. needless to say, my credit SUCKS ass. i still owe my parents money and i have no idea how i will ever pay them back.
as i read this board, i felt much better. there are people out there who have done much stupider things and lost a lot more money. i related to their stories.
i also finished my college degree and quit my job with a very good salary for a much lower paying job in my field. i hope it pays off in the long run...
what about you? what is the dumbest thing YOU have done financially?
whew. now that is out of the way...it brings me to today's topic: what is the dumbest thing you have ever spent money on? i ran across this message board from the MSN website...and i read ALL 38 pages.
yeah, i am a total timewaster. so what?? my dishes are done, so screw you.
the sad part? i have done some of these things. first dumb thing i did..was EVER apply for a credit card. now, i don't want to blame Visa, but just because a 17 yr old college freshman HAPPENS to have a 4.0 GPA, that does NOT MEAN she is smart! do NOT give her a $4000 credit limit.
that wasn't the first problem. i hadn't even entertained using that credit card until i met my boyfriend and future husband. yay me. after a series of bad financial decisions (including leasing a car, buying a house we could barely afford and treading the financial waters), we are now divorced. needless to say, my credit SUCKS ass. i still owe my parents money and i have no idea how i will ever pay them back.
as i read this board, i felt much better. there are people out there who have done much stupider things and lost a lot more money. i related to their stories.
i also finished my college degree and quit my job with a very good salary for a much lower paying job in my field. i hope it pays off in the long run...
what about you? what is the dumbest thing YOU have done financially?
eloquently composed by jess at 10:29 PM
4 Comments:
Besides the gift i want to get you for xmas? lol
Um, i once called one of those ads in the classified on how to make more money. I had to purchase a book for $30 to get all the details. Well I got all the details... someone made $30 and it wasn't me. Anyways, I have never fell for anything like that again. EVER. I should thank them. It was only $30.
What dumb things haven't I bought is a better question. I too have run up giant credit card debt. I ended up with nothing to show for it and had the glorious privilage of having my parents bail me out. Having said that I really regret buying that N'Sync Cd.
n'sync!!!
ROFL.
I will say one thing:
Stillwater DCS.
Nuff said!
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