I can’t be trusted with money!

For someone with a spend it all mentality, I was quite surprised to learn that I had managed to save over €2000 in the past few months… a tidy sum for someone who’s working part time! Rather than leave it sit in an account with 0% interest, I decided I’d transfer it over an account that earned 5% interest, because otherwise I’d simply be losing out. I got up early and went into town and asked to withdraw all the money, which was fine but the flaw in my well crafted plan was walking past GameStop on my way to the other bank! That’s where things fell apart!

Straight away I bought a new PS3 for €500 (it was the entertainment bundle) but made sure to get at least some value for money by buying a few Blurays as part of a Buy One Get One Free offer. I went home and set it up but found out my surround system didn’t work! The room lit up as I got a great idea… buy a new one! So off I went into the Sony Centre and bought a new amp with plenty of bells and whistles, that was €379.

I’d usually consider myself to be quite intuitive when it comes to technology and can figure most things out quickly, but surround sound systems are something else. It seemed as if there was a 100 page instruction manual for every port on the back of the thing… and it’s certainly not short on them! It was all worth it though, because I got it all up and running and was blown away by the sound and quality from the Bluray movies!

The inadvertent spending spree didn’t end there though, some people in the house were complaining about there being so many remotes (I counted 6), so I decided to get rid of some by simply buying a new TV! So I now have a 42″ Sony Bravia sitting in my living room. Turns out that it didn’t quite get rid of remotes so it looks like I have to buy a fancy universal remote which will set me back €70!

I’m a great saver!