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Is a wallet worth your monthly salary?
- By Juana G. Archuleta
- Published 29 November 2010
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Sally, my best friend, and I just graduated from university. She works in a small company as a secretary, earning nearly three thousand yuan every month. I¡¯m a teacher in a middle school. Although we are not rich, we enjoy being independent of parents. One day, Sally showed me a very stylish wallet, which she bought for her boyfriend as a birthday present. The branded wallet was crafted from snakeskin, which looked tasteful, but expensive. I was quite right. The branded snakeskin-made wallet cost her the whole month¡¯s salary. The word ¡°Ridiculous¡± came out of my mouth immediately. I said to Sally that she must be mad to buy such an expensive wallet and how about her life in the following days, while she said that I was out of date because the latest branded wallet was worth that price and what mattered was that it was bought for the person she loved. Yes, it is worthwhile to do everything for the person you love and I also understand that different people may have different views on purchasing. But we should take something into consideration before making any decisions. Can we really afford a three thousand yuan wallet? No. At least, for two young girls, just graduating from university without any extra savings, three thousand yuan means something more. When your landlady knocks on the door to ask for the next month¡¯s rent or your friends ask you to have dinner in a restaurant or one of your family members need to do an operation but lacks an amount of money, you may realize that if only I didn¡¯t use up all my money. There are people who spend all their life savings to buy a house, but