I spent imaginary money in an imaginary way today. I really wanted to buy a new bass guitar. The bass guitar I have is broken and I really wanted to replace it. There was a used bass guitar at the music store today that was in excellent working condition, sounded amazing, and was only $149.00. I walked through the purchase process in my mind, I justified the purchase, I had explanations of where the money would come from *cough* economic stimulation *cough* and then realized that I was uber-lusting over that which I had no money for. The problem in all that I wrote in the sentence before was the phrase “would come from.” I would get money later that was wind fall income and instead of being a good little boy and doing what I should with it, I was ready to compromise my family’s income and financial future for a bass guitar that I didn’t need, I just wanted it for my own personal use.

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