Ceremonies

Spending for April 26th:

$0.86 shampoo

$19.75 cat food

$11.30 stamps

$14.61 tattoo cover-up makeup

$46.52 total

I'm now in the hole by $47.52.  Holy crapola!

It may not look like it, but I actually am trying.  I mean, I bought VO5 shampoo for 75 cents rather than Suave for a buck fifty.  The cat food is pretty much essential -- although I'm curious now to see how long it lasts.  How much is that little fucker costing me, anyway? 

The rest of it is all ceremony-related.  Ceremonies are unavoidable, right?

The stamps were for mailing out my graduation invitations.  It's not my fault that all my relatives live in the UK and it costs 90 cents to get a letter there.  You only graduate from law school once and I'm going to let the whole world know.  Through the post office.

And the tattoo cover-up is for a friend's wedding.  Seriously.  I have a tattoo on the back of my shoulder.  I deliberately thought this through before I got it, oh, six years ago.  The back of the shoulder is a place that will be covered anytime I have to impress someone (like in a job interview) and will only be seen in situations where I don't have to impress anyone (like, for example, any time I'm in a bathing suit).  

Except for when you are in a wedding populated by conservative republicans and the bridesmaid's dress is strapless.  Yeah.  Oddly enough, I didn't actually consider that particular scenario.

Anyway, I tried the tattoo cover-up makeup at the store, and it's really thick and it'll cover it up just fine.  For the cost of a day-and-a-half's worth of spending money.

Can I possibly get through the rest of this week without buying anything else???