I’m a cheap bitch. There, I said it! But it fortunately comes with cheap tastes (for some things). My favorite mascara is under $5, my wine of choice is like $6 for a whole bottle, and the sweater I’m wearing cost $15. Because of this, I’m really great at hunting down deals and saving money.
But I also kind of suck at spending it. After about a month, I finally caved and bought myself tarot cards I’d been eyeballing since I first saw them during my trip to Copenhagen. Yes, I caved and spent $16 ($13 because I use cash back like the proud fiscally responsible adult I am now) on tarot cards. And you know what?
It was a friggin great idea.
For the record? I don’t know how to read tarot really. I’ve had my cards read twice in my life and both times it gave me quite a sense of peace and as much as I cannot necessarily say I believe in it, I believe in it.
I mean, today I chose a card that basically meant there’ll be some extra success in your life today and later in the day I got accepted into a blog campaign and extra kudos for ideas at work! I’d forgotten about the card I’d drawn that morning until I was like, “You know what? Good things are happening for me today career-wise! Whoa!”
Of course, you might just say I’m just doing great and blah blah but, nah, it’s the tarot.
And I gave myself some miniature readings (guided by a booklet and Google, of course) and I gave some to friends. And you know? They felt pretty accurate and right. I’m excited to learn more about tarot even though there’s like almost 100 card meanings (plus when they’re reversed) to memorize. I suck at memorization, but I’m hoping I’ll get the hang of it. So there’s that.
BTW, the deck I ordered on Amazon is Ink & Intuition (I might get some $ if you click that link, full disclosure. This isn’t sponsored though, I just really love these).
I also made my neurotic spreadsheet for my next potential trip.
Currently, I’m living at home which means ~I’m not paying rent~ and God bless us everyone that I live in New York and can commute to work and don’t have to shovel my entire paycheck into rent (for now). So now that I have paid vacation and disposable consistent income, I’ve been bitten by the travel bug.
And I’m jonesing to go to Austin, Texas. Crafting a color-coded spreadsheet and harassing friends about coming with me has ensued. I’m planning the entire trip and the budget as I type. The trip’ll probably be in like four months, but I am SO ready.
Please give me any Austin, Texas recommendations. I love hearing them from real people.
I don’t really know what to blog about lately.
Perhaps this is evident in my super late or skipped posting but I’m not in college anymore and I kinda am not sure what else to give my (maybe?) useful insights and advice about at this point. I’m at work and commuting most of the day and it’s overwhelming. I’m not sure exactly what I’m even interested in writing about at this point in my life either, that’s the tough part.
Maybe this is why so many college bloggers got engaged young, so they could become wedding-planning bloggers, and then quickly become mommy bloggers (the true dream) so they never have to struggle with the “twenty-something uh hey what’s up? What can I share insight on besides um Tinder and slow-walkers in NYC” content gap I’m currently in.
So yeah, just bein’ real. Waiting for inspo to strike in here. And waiting. Planning a trip in the meantime.
Maybe my tarot cards can help me get my crap together on the blog! Fingers crossed.
