Wants, Needs, Emergencies, & Your Money

I ran across this post from I've Paid For This Twice Already (love the name).

It is about this frugal blogger's draining of her emergency fund and needing more to be able to have her wisdom teeth removed. And she is going to tell the dentist that she isn't going to do it until she has the funds to pay for the procedure!

You go!

But she is embarrassed about having to do this. Aren't we all? When we have to fess up and actually tell the reason we aren't going to do something is...."I don't have the money." It is uncomfortable at best and can lead you do the road to more debt at worst.

But we all have things come up that have to take priority in our financial lives, car repairs, children's field trips, dental work, whatever, that changes the whole plan. But just because your current plan has been blown to pieces, doesn't mean that you pack it in and give up.

Sometimes, even the needs have to wait. Twice Already Needs to have her wisdom teeth removed. But even this need can wait, at least for the moment. So if you can put off your needs in some cases. Just think what you can do for the wants!