I have an acquaintance named “Sally” that is hell bent on spending every last dime she makes on her looks.   This woman has had breast augmentation, liposuction, laser hair removal and God knows what else over the last couple of years.   In of itself, I honestly don’t care what people do with their time or money as long as it doesn’t impact me but recently my wife recounted a conversation she had with “Sally” and it went something like this:

Sally:  “Oh, I just got my ______ done a second time and it was only $2,000.”

Wife: “Wow, that sounds expensive for that procedure.”

Sally: “Oh come on, you can afford it….sign up and get it….I’ll get you the number.”

To be honest, I wasn’t paying too much attention so I don’t know what exactly cost $2,000 but I’m guessing it was some type of cosmetic procedure.   Unfortunately, “Sally” tends to live nearly paycheck to paycheck and whenever she gets a bonus or some other type of windfall, Sally seems to be stuck with the idea that every conceivable dollar that isn’t accounted for in bills must be spent on improving herself and believes this should apply to all women.

I can’t begin to tell you all the problems with “Sally” but she’s been through an ugly divorce and a few bad relationships and constantly picking the wrong man in her life because she basis her decisions on her ego rather than anything practical.   Many people do not like “Sally” because of her attitude and endless self-absorption with herself and there are many more stories but they’re not important to the point of this story.

So I don’t care what Sally does but the inevitable foreboding is there in that she will at some point become unemployed and she will come to us to request financial assistance and I can already here the argument with my wife over lending/giving this woman money.  How could I possibly bring myself to lend/give this woman any money when every single dollar of disposable income for the last two to three years has been spent on pointless cosmetic surgery and procedures?

Stay tuned, I anticipate disaster within the next 6 months.