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September 14th, 2006 at 01:06 am

So I went ahead and bought 2 tickets for the Mets first playoff game this year. It was an impulse purchase. A lot of people tell me that they have a better time watching the game from the comfort of their own home. Not me. I love the excitement as well as the smile it brings to the face of my 8 year-old. He starts "Let's Go Mets!" chants and is really animated. He may be the truest Met fan that I know. For his birthday, we brought him to a game and had his name displayed in lights on the scoreboard. It was really cool.

Life happens. It cannot be 100% planned. Don't get me wrong, I would love to be able to write a plan and stick to it. But...life just always seems to get in the way. I don't consider buying these tickets a bad thing because I don't do this all of the time. The Mets haven't been to the playoffs since 2000 and I haven't been to a playoff game since Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. For all of you who don't know, that was the game where the ball trickled through Bill Buckner's legs and allowed the Mets to win the game. I was 13 at the time and I still get goose bumps when I think about it.

I do not consider this an excuse to be a big spender whenever I wish. It is just one of those "Budget Busters" that we all have.

LET'S GO METS!

5 Responses to “Spontaneous spending...”

  1. yummy64 Says:
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    Okay my view on this is different.

    My objective is to control my money so I have a a secure retirement and so i can do those things I want to do.

    While many people want to live as inexpensively as possible that is not my objective. My objective is to use my money purposefully.

    So you made a big expenditure you are going to enjoy the hell out of. How does that impact your other plans? What are you doing to change (if you have to) so that you can do this and still meet your other goals?

  2. chubrock Says:
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    I will simply rearrange my budget on the fly to reflect the extra money that I have spent. Instead of paying $300 towards my existing debt this month, I will only pay $200 and use the difference to pay for what i want now. Luckily for me, I knew that I could only afford to buy tickets to 1 game and not all of them!

  3. yummy64 Says:
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    Nice Smile
    You were wee bit extravagent while still being sensible. Nicely done!

  4. Ima saver Says:
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    I am a braves fan, but since they aren't close this year, I will say, go mets!

  5. mjrube94 Says:
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    Let's go Mets! I wasn't lucky enough to be at that '86 game, but I did have my rally cap on! I married a Yankees fan and have had to deal with it for 12 years, but not this time...

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