We had a good look at the scary little numbers of the “2005 Annual Summary of Charges” during the last few days. Interestingly enough, I charged about 44% of my net income to my credit card. When you know that another 25% are spent on my rent annually, 7% on my Pension, Health Insurance and Life Insurance, 2% on my electricity, this figure only leaves me 20% to pay for my drinks, my cabs, my therapist and to tip my exotic dancers. No wonder I cannot afford Aspen gay ski week. Seriously, though, I still have to wait 2 years to rely exclusively on LL’s salary.
The results are presented in the charming little graph on your left. The most expensive months are 
October, December and August. Biggest spending category: MERCHANDISE (surprise, surprise - $5,500 including my drugs). Most expensive restaurant bill paid $160.18 introducing LL to my mother at Café Marly followed by $120.68 celebrating LL’s birthday at Ceiba (There is a pattern going on here). The fact that my eye doctor managed to get $720 from me just kills me. Haircuts: $447.13 *Sigh*, Results the Gym: $747 (raised the price twice from $66 to $71/month… hyenas), Dry cleaning $490 (for those who hate dry cleaners), pedicure/manicure $92 (this is a category I definitely should spend more on), Kiehl’s: $171.46, Happiness (drugs co-pay): $681, Framing two paintings: $316.20 (Arghhh), Acting bi-polar: priceless
Liquors (Cairo Liquor: $284.58) is included in Groceries. Ticket/events only amounted to $398.07, a clear sign that I am not doing much of my life. I spent my morning trying to enlarge Vividblurry’s rent check picture to see how much he spends without any success.
Dating LL in English can be tricky. Our friend ♥LL, just recovering from his drunken evening, wrote to us “I hope you don’t mind if I have a little sniffle over the WE”. I had to look for a sniffle before asking “Why ? what do you have to cry about ?” (assuming he had finally discovered our little Capitol Hill affair with a semi-famous Democrat of Irish decent but was happy for it to continue as he was having a few of his own in New York in our absence). Thank god I did not confess anything as he actually replied “Ha! Nothing to cry FHC, just my cold L”. I am going to New York this week end ($1735.2 of plane ticket to NYC last year – Thank you).
Somehow I feel like this post secretly is titled "LL: J'accuse!"
Posted by: LL | Friday, February 03, 2006 at 05:21 PM
How much was spent on tanning?
Posted by: Chira[c] | Friday, February 03, 2006 at 05:42 PM