I'm comming back in. I'm pretty behind on saving but this time, I'm comming back in full force.

Ever since I came to college, I've met some friends who are spenders. Kiwii haven't change her habit even though she made a blog a month ago.I'm disappointed in her by not trying to learn how to use her blog by herself and she forgot the website name. This is a clear sign that she is not that willing to save. I try giving ideas on how to save when we went out for breakfast at the beginning of the year by buying her a termo cup so we don't need to spend on drinks. Yet,she always find a way for us to spend our money on unessecerities such as going to a metro station to buy breakfast at Dunkin Donuts. I don't have a Montreal pass to go so it will cost me 4$ for a round trip! Which make 4$/week just to go eat breakfast at the metro station. Thank god we don't go there anymore or we rarely go there.

There's also other factors that make her a spender. She claims she knows how to save but her ways of doing it is totally irrational sometimes. I mean why do you need so many earrings when you have some at home? Her excuse: " Well I don't have this color at home to match with my certain outfit." Why not buy a classic kind of jewelries where you can match with everything instead? She criticizes my earrings for being puny and boring looking. Hey, I look good in every outfit with my little round size earring so I'm happy with it. Plus, I'm least likely to get tired of it in a few months or so. Since it's my signature jewelries,not many people wear those kind of earrings and it fits me well. If I compare my jewelry box to hers, I have 1/10 less than hers. She has a box full even a drawer full of accessories. Although, I don't mind her buying jewelries and accessories but her forcing me to buy something which I don't need is annoying. My weakness is that I gave in too easily. I don't mind going shopping with her again but I have to stand up for myself and not give in anymore unless it's necessary.

Yesterday, I want to tell her about our shopping experience. We got into a little argument at a shoe store because I told her not to try the high heel shoes. It's about 5 inch and it looks awfully uncomfortable for the feet. She said that she is used to it because she wore it often at her house and she buys them because it's for her family. One thing that got me worry about a 5 inch boots is that they are dangerous for the feet. You could seriously damage your feet if you fall or something. I didn't tell her that because she is a hardhead person so it's hard to get the message through her at the first try. I tried calling her at night about it but she was having a serious talk with her mother so I wrote an email to her instead.

Her shopping habit is cheap though, she's not the type to spend on expensive things but she gets suck into the so called fake bargain in the shopping store. Where it's buy 1 sweater and get the second half price for sweaters. She said that she has to buy two sweaters because it is on unexpensive. My other friend was telling her that she doesn't need to buy another sweater because it said you'll get 50% off on the second one. Her response was irrational. I guess it's the bargain trick in the store that make us think irrationally.

I guess that's all for my rant. I have made a comment on her about that also but it's hard to get through her. She has a lot of clothes in her closet and most of them seem hard to make multiple mix and match. I taught her that if you can make three outfits then buy it. Her response was simple but it doesn't make a different three outfits so I gave up. Maybe someday, she will decide to join this forum and read up some interesting thing. For now, I rather watch myself and try not to get absorb into the spendthrift world again.