things i am buying (or have bought) myself instead of doing [thing i don't want to do anyway that costs money]

• convocation
  • $50 to rent the gown plus all the various little expenses... lmfao no are you kidding me i just went thousands of dollars into debt to get this diploma in the first place
    • columbo tshirt
    • disco elysium
    • got a regular-sized smoothie instead of my usual snack-sized one
• twitter blue (ongoing)
  • once per month: something really weird that costs less than $15
    • vintage german papercut frogs wearing silly little outfits
    • bootleg garfield
    • a zine about a sexy slug
    • vending machine foil sticker from the 90s featuring a dog running hurdles
    • cyril sneer hot chocolate
    • a few dozen used stamps (japanese)
• blast from the past edition: prom tickets/outfit/video/photos/etc
  • for our anti-prom movie night
    • labyrinth on vhs
    • a fuckton of food that hit all the essential nutrients (sugar, calories, fat)
  • ok looking back i'm like wow i saved at least $500 and probably only spent around $30. i should spend $470 right now. perhaps with interest
• when my cousin and i decided to stay in instead of having a night out and ubering back to her place (~$80)
  • a really really big salmon at costco