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September 13, 2007
Budget Shopping
When I lived far from home and couldn't afford to go to High Holiday services, I'd spend about as much as a ticket to services on Jewish books and spend the holidays reading about my religion/culture/ethnicity.
Now that I live in the same city as my fam, I join them at the Jewish Home for the Aging, where my 92 year-old grandma lives. But since we only make an appearance at these services, I had plenty of off time today. So I cleaned my room and started reading "How to Be a Budget Fashionista." Seemed about time to pull out the book, since I recently blew a lot of money at the Camarillo Outlet Mall.
The most obvious advice - that I really didn't need a book for - is that I need a budget so that I understand where my money is going, rather than simply spending time paying bills and constantly wondering why I've got no money in my bank account.
Budget Fashionista is also a popular website.
and because I'm feeling guilty for spending so much time on fashion on this Holyday, I finally looked up a question I asked during today's service: What is a doxology and why is the Kaddish the Jewish doxology? Turns out doxology means a praise of G'd, generally the quintessential explanation of a faith's relationship with G'd and the Kaddish is considered the Jewish doxology. Guess I would've known that if I'd read Kaddish, one of those books I bought during a previous New Year season...
Posted by cj at September 13, 2007 10:12 PM