Irony of the Rich

When I was younger my dad teasingly called me "Bilmoko". I think its basically how I pronounced the phrase "bili mo ako.." which means "buy me...". Its because I had this bad habit of always telling my parents to buy me this or that or whatever thing other kids had but I didn't. I really hated seeing other kids get such big allowances or having the newest and coolest toys and gadgets while I was stuck with hand-me-downs. Now I'm sure all kids go through a similar phase... heck, not just kids but adults too. I guess I was just extra irked about it was because I had to go to a private elite-ish school and see the gap between my family's wealth and others.

Luckily, I did outgrow that phase. Not sure if its coz my family moved to Canada or because I just did grow up like most kids are supposed to. Whichever the case, I was finally able to enjoy and appreciate the things my family had.

When I finally started my first ever paying job, I was so proud of myself. It was like "look at me world, I got money". I wish I remembered if I was saving that money for something in particular. As far as I recall, I've never saved money to get 1 thing in particular. I think even at a young age I just like the idea of being able to spend money whenever I want to. So I would just keep saving up until something piques my interest. That plus the stuff I want were never really expensive to begin with (yay for being raised with hand-me-downs).

Now, I'm not saying that I'm rich but for sure I've saved up more than I could ever have imagined. So its quite ironic to say how much more careful I've been with spending money. Its like each price tag, I immediately calculate to how much hours worth of work I had done. I must say, its an effective way of saving money.

But lately, I've been thinking how much I wish I could spend this money to go on a vacation with the important people in my life. I mean, we won't stay young forever. I'll eventually have more responsibilities in the future so vacations would be even more rare then. Its difficult though coz its either those important people have no money to spend right now or our timings are off in terms of work schedule.

So to cheer myself up I ended up letting myself go. Brace yourself! I actually spent $300. $300 on a pair of sandals. The younger me would've definitely gone kicking my own butt. The current me, however, keeps saying "its Prada yo!!" That and it was 40% off.  I really hope this'll be a one time deal for the sake of future me.