Argentine pesos are roughly 3 to the US Dollar. Therefore, I should be spending 1/3 of what I usually do. Logically anyway. Taxis, restaurants, trips, shopping...it all adds up. I could save a dime or two by taking buses or the subte (subway), but I'm pretty lazy. I will admit that I take an unnecessary amount of taxis to school....only 10 blocks away....it's kinda embarrassing. But, my excuse is that it gives me time to sleep in during the mornings.

I also end up eating out with friends a lot. Yanno, we try to hit up the classier places that we wouldn't want to waste our/have enough money for in the States. Last Friday, a group of 10 of us went to this restaurant called Roof. It was so "Sex and the City"-esque. I probably spent about 20 American dollars on a great meal. But what I recently learned is that I shouldn't look at my expenses in dollars. I have to keep pesos as pesos. If I convert them I'm only making an excuse to spend more money!

So what if everything is 3 times less...I'm spending 4 times more!

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Posted by: Vilma (Aunt) | November 15, 2006 07:49 PM