2008 is going to be the year I learn how to budget. Anyone who knows me is laughing their a**es off right now at that statement but I am determined that this is going to be the year that I succeed. It's not a New Year's resolution because as one of my friends likes to remind me, a resolution is a recipe for guilt and failure. And basically, I don't like to feel guilty about anything. So I'm just going to take it one day at a time.

To that end, I spent a good hour today looking at quicken online. I was reading reviews and comparing it with... well nothing really. Just looking. But then I got to thinking, do I really want to know how I'm spending my money? I mean, that whole guilt thing might rear its ugly head. So I had to reconsider the computer approach to budgeting.

In the mean time, I've set myself the goal of reviewing all the items I'm "researching" online. Today, it was books from Barnes and Noble, underbed storage from the container store, and plane tix for a fun weekend in NY. I am relieved to report, I've purchased nothing so far, but the night is still young...