Confession:
Today I was feeling down
Down about Mumbia ...
Down about the state of our economy ...
Down about the fact that my skin tone has scarily become a shade of Casper the Friendly Ghost now that the weather has turned to be 45 degrees (with a hint of promise that it will be butt-ass cold very soon!)
In general,
just feeling really down :(
This is not an anomaly, I mean,
everyone's entitled to have a totally shit day here and there.
But when they happen to me,
and there is absolutely nothing I can do to control the situation,
I tend to fixate on something that I can control,
that I can change,
that I can make better.
And today that fixation,
was a little thing called,
"Stacey's Spending Habits" ....
As the daughter of a Financial Planner, let's just say that
the apple fell faaaaaaaaaaaaar far far away from the tree.
Admittedly, I am THE black sheep when it comes to money :(
Last year I blew my entire savings account to quit my job and write a book ... way to go genius! You could have just blogged at night for free! UUUGH
Focus Stacey, foocuus!! ;)
Point of post being: Tonight I went through all my receipts & bank statements looking for ways to save money without having to sacrifice the things I love (oh yes, and to be able to afford Wedding Season 2009 ... KIDDING! Kinda)
In doing the aforementioned activity,
while breaking down my spending stupidity,
I came to realize that I drop at least $20 a month on ...
TOILET PAPER!!!
Repeat: TOILET PAPER!!!
Let's do some simple math, shall we?
$1.50 per roll x 12 rolls in a thingy (+ tax) = $20
$20 x 12 months per year = $240
Which means that the island of Zoo York (at a population of roughly 8 million) wastes (no pun intended) approximately
2 BILLION dollars a year on TP!!!
Holy hell ...
I can't handle this shit
(again, no pun intended)
Overwhelmed = ME!
Goodnight ;)
3 comments:
U didn't factor in those giant rolls of tp in each large building- which by the way are so rough on the stinkhole that I do believe it fell right from the bark area of the tp tree.
That is an asinine amount of toilet paper. Pun intended.
$1.50/roll? Have they made a 3-ply I'm not aware of? That would be the coolest thing since...well, 2-ply.
I couldn't help the smile. :)
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