I decided my last update could be expanded upon incase some of you haven’t realized how much freaking money I’m trying to save you!  Think of me as Geico, but I won’t trick you with my humor and then not pay your medical bills when you’re dying of some strange African ferret-born disease that’s not in the clause.  Even though, I will not do that either.  At least I’m not making any promises I can’t keep up front.

Look at what three years of college and two (maybe three) courses of college-level! That’s right, college level…MATH! …Has taught me.

1.00 (price per birthday card) x 10 (potential friends/family members) = 10 bucks
80 (80 years of birthdays) x 10 (price of cards per year) = 800 bucks!

It’ll cost you on average, 800 dollars in birthday cards!  Just birthday cards!  Don’t forget wedding anniversaries, Christmas, Yom Kippur, Martin Luther King Day, and the expensive Election Day.  You could multiply 800 dollars by how many holidays you plan to celebrate on a yearly basis and you can see that adds up!

Now, what if you did it my way?  Using the 7 cents to copy various cards at Kinko’s instead of buying them?  Let’s check the math!

.07 x 10 (potential friends/family members) = 70 cents
96 (you live 16 years longer from all the money you’re saving…less stress and you even saved enough to buy a cure to that pesky HIV virus) x .70 = 67 bucks and 20 cents

Total Savings:  $732.80!

And that’s just using birthdays!  It’ll only cost you $67.20 in your entire life if you do things my way.  And with all the money you save imagine how much more you could enjoy the finer things in life.  Fine wine, fine eats, fine romantic company.

AND once you add in all the other holidays I’m sure you’ll be celebrating you’ll save even more!  You could even make extra copies of cards you really like and just keep reusing them!  It’ll be like “your thing”!

I hope I was able to make your life richer, emotionally and financially!