I'm Broke!!!

I've been saving up like crazy since I realized I was going to be moving. I now have more money in my savings account then I've ever had in my life. So last week I figured I would treat myself for being such a good saver....and I went a little crazy.

I went out and bought Mario Kart Wii on thursday. Then, as luck would have it, REI was having their "biggest sale of the year" starting on friday, so I went out and bought rock climbing gear. I knew I would be doing a lot more rock climbing once I got out to Boulder, so I figured why not? I also knew that I had to take pictures of Allie for her graduation and I needed a sharper and faster lens. So After REI I immediately went to my local Penn Camera and picked up the Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens that I wanted.

Now, I know that this is a BIG treat...and it really wouldn't be a problem....except for the fact that last week my car started making a horrible high-pitched noise whenever I hit the breaks. It was really quite painful to the ears. Anyways...I figure my brakes needed to be changed. In fact, I was right. But thats not all it needed. It needed $570 worth of repairs!

On top of all that, it's my mom's birthday and Allie's birthday today.

I have bad timing.

So lets break it down:

$200 - Rock Climbing Gear
$100 - Camera Lens
$50 - Mario Kart
$570 - Mechanic
about $450- on birthday presents
= A very broke Juan.

On the plus side, Mario Kart Wii Kicks ass! It's a lot of fun and now that I can't spend any money I'll be well entertained at home!

Also I took a bunch of really great pictures over the weekend using the Nifty Fifty. I absolutely LOVE it! I swear I will actually post pictures on this "photo blog" as soon as I'm done touching up the faces a bit. I'll try to post the pictures by this thursday.