I met up with Nools on lunchbreak the other day and she was all excited about getting tickets for Brian Ferry this weekend. I'm like "Hello? You spent eighty smackers on going to see an old man with a pencil moustache sway from side to side. Can you even name one of his songs?" She admitted she couldn't but would know one if she heard it and it was more important that she would be seeing a living legend. At that stage she lost me as I was busy trying to calculate how much Mac products I could buy with eighty notes. She's also hyped up for the Rolling Stones. I'm like "Just rent Pirates of the Carribean, you won't be able to tell the difference".

Anyway, it got me thinking about what people do with their money and how much is just wasted on impulse splurges. Then I kept saying the word 'splurge' out loud until it made no sense anymore. Back in the shop, I was online (Benefit blusher is way cheaper from their website) and perusing the Oxfam website. You can totally give people the means to start their own business or train them in a skill with a small monthly donation. One lady makes her own soap. How cool is that? And it's probably way nicer than that soap shop in town that smells like Transition Year. It like always gives me a headache when I walk past. Now that people are getting their SSIA money it's the perfect time to think about doing good with it. It's like when you've won the lottery in your head and you're like "So much to family, so much to friends, so much to charity, so much to Basil, etc.". Speaking of the devil (or the devilishly handsome) Basil looked over my shoulder and mentioned what a good idea the SSIA Appeal was. "Yeah", I said, "I'd definitely be on for that". He was so thrilled I couldn't tell him that I'd already blown my SSIA money on veneers but there was still someone in the O'Really clan who could be persuaded to donate theirs.

"I'm putting it into a pyramid scheme, love" Martina said later.

"Mum, that's so stupid! Everyone knows pyramid schemes are a rip off".

"That's just people who don't understand them. Fabienne Molloy says just two years will double your money".

"Is that the same Fabienne Molloy who told you to buy Eirom shares?"

"It's also the same Fabienne Molloy who told us to buy Celine Dion tickets and sell them on for a profit" she snapped.

"Yes, but Dad had to have his piles operated on after standing outside The Point for five hours".

I certainly have my work cut out for me, but I'll persuade the parents to cough up some of their SSIA if it's the last thing I ever do. They are so ungrateful for what they have. Maybe they can lend me some to get a walk in wardrobe too.