My out-of-control imaginary budget

I've been spending too much money. I bought the Garmin forerunner 201 a week after l got back ($240). Then I lost my shoes and had to get new running shoes ($141).

My buddy got me new leather shoes for work because my old ones were hairy ($59.90). And l aquired a brand new Zire 31 ($288) and a 256MB sd card ($15) as a gift.

I bought a 1GB sd card for my buddy's new Treo ($38), a multiflash card reader to replace the one I gave my sis ($10), as well as various household items ($16.90). Not counting two weddings this month ($220),two races I plan to join ($28), and ($800) to the parents, this is just an in-the-red month. :(

All of this consumption is making me sick. I resolve for the month of July:

1. Only bread & butter for breakfast, or nothing at all.
2. Only rice with vegetables for lunch.
3.Only hawker or food court or $3.50 worth of food for dinner, or better, where possible, persuade mum to cook.
4. No taxis. Ever.
5. No Sim Lim. No electronic gadgets. No lusting after Macs. No software.
6. Cycle to work.
7. No drinks at meals--only water.

That should do it. :) I feel better already. (I wrote this on my Zire at 2am last night)

One fuzzy bird I saw this morning on the way to work