Money Money Money...

It's a rich man's world ( abba song for anyone that missed that).

So on Sunday mornings, the girls get their allowance. It is only two dollars, so just enough to get something at the dollar store. Several weeks ago we went to the Cambridge Science Fair and N did an experiment with a Hexbug nano. She was so mad when we would not let her keep it. We talked to her about it and explained that they were not allowed to keep the ones from the experiment and that if she really wanted one, she could save her money to get on. That is exactly what she did. She saved up her money for five weeks and bought one. She was so happy and I was so impressed. Five weeks is a long time, especially when your sister has not been saving her money. In the mean time Z has bought a fish, general toys, Elmo Easter Eggs and stuff.

Honestly, I did not think that N could do it. She likes to go shopping (way too much in my opinion) and I mean really likes to go shopping. When we were leaving though, Z went crazy. She wanted to get something as well. She wanted a Hexbug. She cried the entire way home. It was exhausting for all involved. I felt bad for her and explained that she could save her money and get one. That was not an option. She did not want to save her money, she wanted on NOW. N on the other hand told me yesterday that she wants to save her money some more to get another one.

4 Hours of My Life

Z's birthday was last week and she got some legos from both sets of grandparents. As much as I love legos, they do not have very many with female characters in it and Z noticed this. She also got $5 as one of her gifts. With this money, she decided that she wanted lego girls. this is easier said then done. She and I went on a mission yesterday and failed. Not one store sold any lego girls. In fact, no sets that we found had any lego girls either. We agreed that today we would go to the lego store.

Now this is easier said then done. It is the complete opposite end of Boston. In fact, it is the last stop on the red line and then a bus. I was sent by myself today and thankfully I was, because it was a 4 hour journey, 1hour 30 minutes to get there, 1 hour 30 minutes to get back and 1 hour at the mall.

She was happy though and liked two of the three. She really liked the pirate girl, liked the girl bomber and gave the teacher in pink to N. She makes me laugh.


Of course it was a little of an issue getting her to spend her money. We said that it was 7 dollars, which she had. She gave me $2 and told me to spend my money on the rest. In the end, we agreed that we were going to start giving a weekly allowance.