The Importance of Money $$$$

I had forgotten to bring my money pouch along last week and borrowed $20 from my colleague. Here's the breakdown of my spending in a day.

Fried carrot cake $4.30

Orange juice $2.10

Curry puffs 5 pcs for $2

So I was left with $11.60 at the end of the day.

Decided to buy Don's pie back home to eating I wanted to buy two of them. At that time, I was already trying to think how does the pie cost.

Per pie is $5.90

Two pieces will be $11.80

Argh!!!! I was just $0.20 short of having two pies! And they accept Nets or cash only but no credit card!

Bought 1 pie $5.90

Went to macdonalds and tried my luck by ordering medium fries. I wanted to get the large fries however with just $4 in my pocket, I don't want to over order. The staff over the counter asked me whether do I want to upsize my fries to large fries at just $2.90? I can't really remember how much did he say the large fries cost however I know that the two purples colored notes are enough to cover the cost and I get my change too.

That was the day when I learnt the importance of money and really feel for families/people who have to really think very hard when it comes to buying something or anything that is not a necessity.

Things ain't cheap and they cost money. And looking back at what I'd spent, $20 was gone in a day. We are too used to having money in our pocket that we tend to overlook the actually cost of the item. I can't imagine a pack of fried carrot cake cost me $4 at least and it wasn't enough to fill my stomach hence the extra spending of $2 for curry puffs that wasn't delicious and was about the size of my fist or maybe smaller! Spent $2 on orange juice... Goodness! I could just stick to plain water eh? It is free and it is good for my body.

I think the only time when I actually think about spending my money is when I am thinking of buying an item that cost more than $600 unless it's Xbox or Playstation then... That can't be helped. Sometimes the price is too little that we tend to overlook it but if we are to look at the actually cost the we will realize how much we had spent and then wonder whether is it worth it.

It is the little things that adds up. Eating at restaurants eh? You'll feel a little bit of the pain because it is at least a two digits figure. I like eating at those hawker centers where you can get really cheap food and they tastes superb! And I meant really yummy! They have this special taste that you cannot get from food court. Just imagine paying $2 or maxmimum $3 for two meat and one veg? Or the economy bee hoon with two items and costing you no more than $2.50? Almost impossible right?

I always envy some of my colleagues and friends who bought those food that has that unique taste to it. I just found out Teban Gardens has this bee hoon that is exactly what I want! Just that it is too far for me to make the trip down. :(

No matter how much you earn, you need to understand and know how important money is. You need to note how much the item cost instead of just paying for it blindly just because the value is too small to care. Of course ain't asking you to be a miser as well..... ;)

I had once tried to calculate my spendings for a day and realized that I spent most or almost all of them on food. How about you? What do you spend on?