Wealth Today

You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.

Warren Beatty

I used to brag about how my pets were cheap. I fed them good food, and in the long run, I thought it saved me oodles on vet bills. Boy was I wrong. With some new experiences, I’ve discovered that’s phooey. My cats being declawed set me back a half g. A friend who I helped out wounded my dog’s eye, which took 8 visits, 4 bottles of drops, a week’s worth of vacation, and an e-collar to resolve. Pets are expensive. Save your wallet. Get a small fish tank, or a betta if you want a pet. I also recommend the leopard gecko, but make sure there’s a Petco on the way home.

And it’s not just the vet bills. It’s the treats, the food, the stuff she eats….two dozen pairs of shoes, photographs, frames, our food, bottles of medication and vitamins, 4 lbs of chocolate [not to mention twice], the extra special carpet cleaners for the messes from recycled godiva chocolate, the ball gloves that have leather tanning on them so that the accidental outcome now has that same warm, rich, buttery tone to it, the ENTIRE box of chocolate EX-LAX including the foil, the cardboard packaging, and the surrounding sealed cellophane. The days of missed work for the vet visits.

The stress is the worst part of it all. No price compares to “What’s next?? Will it be the couch? My TV? A cat? A desk..table..”