Diverging from my Italy trip for a while because, well I’m back and I’m tired of writing about it. I may pick it up again. I may not. I do have a crazy Rome Airport story. Seriously, something out of a comedy movie. But that may be left undocumented.
So only a quick post tonight. I’m just getting back into the swing of the markets. I had not made any trades in quite some time because of the wedding and the honeymoon. I also just don’t think it is a good time to enter the market one way or the other. I knew the market would probably trade sideways for a while and it has for the most part. I was in no hurry to either go long or to go short the market.
So my question for all those out there today is, do you ever notice that your spending happens in bunches? My credit card bill for the last two months is, as you might imagine, quite high. But it is not just the wedding and honeymoon that is causing it. I had to get new tires for my car. The bill for my internet hosting came due. I had two separate membership fees come due. My wife had to register for classes this month. And there were more things than that.
Now, lucky for me, I’m a good little saver and these random and volatile spurts of spending can easily be managed but I have noticed this happening to me in the past. I wonder if this is really a phenomenon or you just happen to notice those medium size purchases a little bit more when you have had other large expenses to pay for? How about it, do you ever notice that you spending fluctuates greatly and that you will just have one or two months a year where it seems everything comes due at the same time?
I feel like I have been in a spending bunch as of late. But maybe it feels that way because my purchases have been rather slim in the last few weeks, so maybe it just feels significant?