Everything I’m Excited To Spend Money On, Once I Feel Like I Have Money To Spend Again

A listicle without commentary

• Therapy
• Climate-appropriate outerwear
• Underwear without holes in it (except for the holes put there by the manufacturer)
• Socks (ditto)
• Sweaters (ditto)
• Boots, specifically the La Canadienne ones I mourn and never replaced, but maybe because those are still too expensive some other kind
• Shoes
• Yeah, in summary, a grown-up working lady’s wardrobe
• Makeup to complement the grown-up working lady’s wardrobe
• Tickets to Oscar season movies
• Salads with avocado
• Sandwiches with avocado
• Avocado, basically
• Also good cheese
• A three-bedroom apartment
• Books books books
• Some songs on iTunes because mostly the music I listen to is music I bought in college and I’m pretty sure there’s been some music made since then
• Diet coke. Haha, just kidding, I never stopped spending money on Diet Coke
• A vacation someplace warm, pretty, and far away
• A bike for BG
• Most of these are Things, not Experiences
• Things are okay, you know, nothing wrong with Things
• Swimming lessons for probably both kids, there, that’s an Experience
• BG is doing dance already, we’re not depriving her
• Dinner at one of those places Pete Wells approves of
• Babysitting. Lots and lots of babysitting.
• A new sink for the bathroom. Did I mention our sink’s been broken and for the past two weeks we’ve been brushing teeth and washing hands in the bathtub?
• Retirement
• 529s
• Wedding presents for everyone we owe wedding presents
• “Welcome, baby!” presents for everyone we owe welcome baby presents
• CONGRESSIONAL RACES
• Emily’s List, Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton
• Our shul
• The occasional over-priced dessert
• My bi-annual haircut
• Maybe a pedicure?
• Sweet baby Jesus, a massage

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