Day 87, originally uploaded by shalimargonzales.
Guests in LA beware... I will drag you to Yogurtland. Wendy Bart is the second Seattle victim of my obesssion. Shira has been starving herself for our 6 day Yogurtland Marathon that will start on Thursday. I refuse to spend more than $3 at YL for the following reasons 1- I've decided that $2.81 is a proper serving and 2- I usually have less than $3 cash in my wallet on any given day.
Remember cash? That green, waxy paper stuff that features one of several dead presidents or Ben Franklin?
Well, for upwards of eight years, I didn't. Never carried it. Never used it. Couldn't tell you which guy went with which dollar amount. My preferred currency was plastic and like most of us slaves to the magnetic strip, I swiped with reckless abandon.
Sure, I applied my version of mental checkbook balancing to each purchase, but come the end of the month my numbers never quite subtracted up.
I was in need of serious spending self-help -- a solution that would remind me of the value of the almighty dollar and stop me from swiping without thinking.
And so I went to the halls of self-improvement (the third floor of the Santa Monica Barnes and Noble) and sought out the advice of the fiercest financial contributor to any morning news program. A woman who would have made Mr. Potter feel like a spendthrift. A woman who lives and breathes efficiency from the tips of her toes to the top of her haircut. The one and only Suze Orman.
That was last week. I haven't followed her advice yet (cash only lifestyle) but my cash only lifestyle will begin June 1st. Who wants to join me?
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