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Well... I got my last check for the month. I didn't do well this month with Christmas shopping and no mommy money. I actually saved a negative amount since the 15th when I last did an account check. I'm down about 100 dollars from the 15th. Which I guess isn't too bad considering I paid for everything but rent out of my own pocket this month AND bought all my Christmas presents but my brothers. It still makes me wince a bit to have less money. I'm sitting here in my head trying to figure out what I could have done without to make this work. If I hadn't used up so much gas to visit my parents twice this month I would have saved some money, but not that much since my dad filled my tank up which covered a whole trip. Maybe if I hadn't spent as much on my mom's Christmas present. I bought Chinese food one night (it fed me for a few days though). I bought hot chocolate two or three times at school and I bought a few candy bars when I was starving at work. But I don't think I could have saved much more money. I went out to the bars only once this month, I bought a friend a bottle of booze for their 21st birthday, and I bought 2 six packs of smironoff twists for myself. That isn't too bad. But if I had gotten rid of the things that I didn't really need... the alcohol, the sweet things for school and work, the Chinese food... that might have accounted for maybe 75 dollars. I guess I can just try harder next month!

My posts about economic classes are much more interesting than posts about my economy aren't they? Go reread the posts about medicare and stuff and if you're lucky I'll find time to go through my notebooks for more quotes from my professors that I found entertaining. Tomorrow of course since I'm supposed to be studying right now.