New Years Eve 2011... A lesson in Cost/Benefit Analysis

So up through New Years Eve I've been pretty much rocking the whole not spending money goal.  So going into the week I was all hardcore that I was gonna lay low for New Years like I did for Christmas, no big deal.  Then midweek when talking to a good friend I asked "so what are you plans for New Years".  ORIGINALLY she had said they probably wouldn't do anything since their best couple friends (me & the ex) were going through a divorce.

Oh no.  Apparently at my former residence everyone was having a party.  Well everyone except me.  I was obviously a little perturbed by that, particularly when the response was, "well I figured someone would have told you by now...".  No you kind of have to have people talking to you for that to happen...  But neither here nor there, my plans to be alone at New Years definitely held less no appeal.  So wtf was I gonna do???

So on Friday night I got invited to join a friend from college out with a big group for dinner then drinks at Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar of course thinking of the Poor Little Rich Girls pledge to get our finances straightened out I initially declined dinner but figured I could meet up for drinks with them later.

Well after weighing the pros and cons with my partner in crime (a cost benefit analysis if you will) we decided the benefit of me not sitting at home being unhappy far outweighed the cost of a little financial slip up.  So in the name of happiness, and starting 2012 on a positive note, I changed my mind about dinner and went out for the whole night.

Although I'm not a huge fan of spending money I'm glad I did because the emotional "cost" of staying home alone was quite higher than the actual cost of ~$25 for dinner and drinks.

So we're back on the wagon this week, more brown rice is in the oven as we speak... Time to be continue our quest to financial awesomeness!

<3 Jen