One Last Thought for February

One last thought about money. I have had the song by Shaina Twain going through my mind. Ka-Ching talks about the foolish lifestyle that most people were living. Using their house as an ATM machine and their foolish purchases. You can change it. It is a matter of self control and to shut down ALL spending. It will be hard. But you can do it! You can make your financial goals if you want it badly enough. You can live on less and save.

No is a nasty word in my house. My children hate that word. In the stores I would say no and they would throw the biggest temper tantrum I had ever seen. And each time they did it the next one got bigger and bigger. People would look at me as if I had spanked my child right there in the store. I only told them no. So a coping skill that I developed is that when I got the dirty looks I would tell the person "Ahh - the power of NO". Then the other customers would laugh and know what was up with my children. I had said no to them.

But what we need to do is say no to our selves. Maybe this posting is more for me to have a reminder to myself. I thought at least I would share my thoughts with you today. I hope you enjoy this blog.

Good luck to you!

Cynthia

-like the eyes in this one-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko1KjoQh9TE


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Ka-Ching lyrics

We live in a greedy little world--
that teaches every little boy and girl
To earn as much as they can possibly--
then turn around and
Spend it foolishly
We've created us a credit card mess
We spend the money that we don't possess
Our religion is to go and blow it all
So it's shoppin' every Sunday at the mall

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

[Chorus:]
Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
It's such a beautiful thing--Ka-ching!
Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things

When you're broke go and get a loan
Take out another mortgage on your home
Consolidate so you can afford
To go and spend some more when
you get bored

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

[Repeat Chorus]

Let's swing
Dig deeper in your pocket
Oh, yeah, ha
Come on I know you've got it
Dig deeper in your wallet
Oh

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

[Repeat Chorus]

Can you hear it ring
It makes you wanna sing
You'll live like a king
With lots of money and things
Ka-ching!