My own challenge -- 50€ in a month HOW IT ENDED

Remember my My own challenge -- 50€ in a month?

It's the fourth of February, and I'm telling you how it ended.

I managed to save the incredible amount of (snare rolls)..

61 Euros!!

It was really a challenge as I tried to buy only what I really needed -- and I've learnt I need a few things.

I used to buy 3-4 CD a month, and end up listening once to each one.. I didn't buy any CD in January and instead listened to a couple of ones I already had. I discovered some great things!

Desiré, Abraxas and Spirits Having Flown. 

I also managed to eat better at school; I was used to drink a Coke and a trashy snack each morning, now I buy an orange juice with a healty croissant. I also save about 0.2€

All in all, this month i learnt how to save money and how to organize my financees -- let's hope to do it the right way in the future!

By the way, the aim of all of this was to buy a Sony RH1, the last Hi-MD device ever built.. in the previous post you canr ead why I love this.

So you may be thinkin' ''When you gonna buy it?''.

I am askin' myself the same question and can't get no satisfiyng reply.

Probably I won't buy it. 

Why?

Well, I already have a nice recorder, the Sony NH900 and I'm not in the need of another recorder. I'm planning to record a gig in April and two in May, so..

I also have bought a new mobile phone, a Nokia 5230, and I use it as an mp3 player when I get the bus on my way home Iy's an excellent phone, I don't kind of the camera (''only'' 2 megapixels) or not having Wi-Fi (there are no spots here!!), it has GPS and it's touch-screen.. I was very sceptic about this, but at the end it's a great thing and now I can text long and difficult messages with ease. Next step is to subscrive to a mobile Internet connection.

So you can see I have no reasons to buy the RH1.. 

Instead I'll use the money in one of those 3 ways:

1. continue to save (which I'll do for sure) money to add to those 61€

2. put them on a PC I'm buying

3. save for a Line6 Pod XT

At the moment I'm favouring the last option.. man, the Pod XT is fabolous!! I can get a lot of great tones.. I'll keep you updated of my choice.

In the meantime, let's have a smokin' 10 minutes break with Ahmad Jamal: