Paging the Jones

I work with some really cool people. They make work fun and challenging. One lady here is particularly funny to talk to, but sometime it can be a little...well....head scratching. Like today for example, she just had to show us her new Chanel sunglasses, which are SO nice.

Can you guess how much they cost? Really...guess...okay, I will tell you...

$545!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For sunglasses!

Now, if she had the money I probably wouldn't trip too much (okay, I would trip a little), but she had to cash out her 401K last year to pay off come credit cards. 16 years worth of 401K!! To top it off her husband has his own business, and he gives her the cash he earns (alot!), and she has no problem taking a thousand or five hundred out here and there before depositing it and not telling him.

I think taking the FPU classes have made me more and more aware of my own subversive desire to "keep up with the Jones'". I can't imagine living with such a huge load of debt over my head. I am so happy to be taking these classes and I am learning so much. I haven't gotten my budget down yet, but I am working on it.

If I was rich everything would be better (tongue firmly implanted in cheek). :)