Cash like water
This weekend I had a great time in NY. BUT a lot of places we went too only took cash. So of course we hit up the ATM. Took out about $280 and I have very little idea where it went.
This is unusual for us because we're CC people and never use the ATM. NEVER.
Cash comes in the form of $40/month allowances for fun. And we never track it other than $40/month.
But this weekend I had a eye-opening revelation, and wow was it painful.
How do people just go to the atm and keep pulling out cash? And spending it? I mean you have this money burning a hole in your pocket? And you think well, I have more.
Or I can spend it, and suddenly it'd be really easy to be in debt because my mortgage would be due, etc, etc and I had spent all my cash in my checking account.
As it was I still have to figure out the weekend's damage. I know we spent $120 on a broadway show and $30 on food at a restaurant. But otherwise I am not sure where $100 went? It vaporized literally.
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