But time makes you bolder; children get older…
April 25th, 2007 by Christine…and I’m getting older too.*
I always thought I’d turn into my parents when I became a parent. But it turns out I’ve already turned into my parents. For the better part of the past year, I’ve chosen to eat lunch at my desk so I could read the Wall Street Journal on a regular basis (like my dad). I can’t watch TV unless I have a crossword puzzle on my lap, and I won’t buy anything at the grocery store that isn’t on sale (those I get from my mother). I still have yet to go to Las Vegas — where 20-somethings like to go wild and party all night — but I might go in 3 weeks. To visit my parents. They don’t live there, but they’ll be there at that time. So instead of breaking out my slut attire from college to dance the night away in trendy clubs, revved up on vodka-red bulls, I’ll be doing crossword puzzles by the pool with my mom, and discussing the stock market over gin and tonics with my dad. And I’m actually really looking forward to it.
Speaking of the stock market, I’m usually somewhat conservative with my choices, although I do go after trends (I recently made a few hundred bucks related to my love of White House | Black Market). But today I took my bit of caution and threw it to the wind when I bought $1,000 worth of stock in a company I know very little about (and couldn’t find much on). The reason? I’ve noticed a bunch of ridiculous vending machines popping up in stores and airports — selling anything from iPods to Proactiv solution. No coin return button on those babies — they work with credit cards only. And a few other companies that sell cheaper products in vending machines are looking at CC-friendly machines in the near future as well. So I found the company that makes a majority of those particular credit card readers, and bought stock. It’s an interesting idea, but it could cost me some bucks. Time will tell! I guess since I never go to Vegas, I’ve got to get my gambling kicks in somehow, right?
*nothing makes you feel older than quoting Fleetwood Mac. except maybe having a stroke.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Whenever I complain about being old around my family and senior co-workers, they laugh in my face. LAUGH IN MY FACE. We’re not old. We’re grown up. There’s a difference.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
fyi: MasterCard worldwide and usa technologies (nasdaq: USAT) issued a press release a couple days ago that six of america’s most prominent vending companies [i.e. north county vending, five star food service, a & b vending, first class vending, mid-atlantic vending, and pgi services] are installing e-Port cashless payment technology on their vending machines to accept MasterCard PayPass cards and devices.
thus, it’s possible your “gamble” may turn out to be a fairly lucrative one :-).