{"id":1225,"date":"2006-11-29T07:55:57","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/balance-transference\/"},"modified":"2006-11-29T07:55:57","modified_gmt":"2006-11-29T12:55:57","slug":"balance-transference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/balance-transference","title":{"rendered":"Balance transference"},"content":{"rendered":"

The nice thing about recognizing that my impulses can only lead to extravagant impulse buys (like the $1,500 I nearly spent on a new laptop last week), is that I actually have cash on hand when something significant occurs, like yesterday’s $900 bill for work on my car (tires, 60,000-mile tuneup, various belts, differentials and filers).<\/p>\n

The added bonus of putting $900 into the Element of Style is that it kills the big impulse buy of getting myself a new car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nice thing about recognizing that my impulses can only lead to extravagant impulse buys (like the $1,500 I nearly spent on a new laptop last week), is that I actually have cash on hand when something significant occurs, like yesterday’s $900 bill for work on my car (tires, 60,000-mile tuneup, various belts, differentials and … <\/p>\n

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