Friday, July 21st, 2017 at 5:24pm EST

Today, I sold my Ibanez GSR200 Bass Guitar.  Along with the Ibanez IBZ10B Amplifier, a brand new LiveWire Advantage 20 ft. cable, and a clip-on tuner.  Tomorrow, I'm going to sell the ZOOM B1X Bass Effects Pedal.  I never used the stuff, anyway.  It was just sitting in my room, collecting dust.  The guy even said that it looked brand new.  That's because I've had it since Christmas 2007, and only played it two or three times.  The guy was buying it for his 16-year-old son, whom just recently got into playing instruments and collecting vinyls.  He was going to surprise him with it.  I hope he likes it.  It's a beautiful bass, but... I want it to be loved and played by someone.  In my room, it was just decoration.

I just really the needed the money.  I had to factory reset my phone so many times, within the past couple of weeks, that it's absolutely ridiculous.  I'm hoping to replace this terrible phone SOON.  I'm just not sure when.  The phone I want is $399, plus tax.  So I'm realistically looking at $428, all together.  Which isn't a bad price, considering all the specs it has.  It's just still out of my price range.  Even after selling my stuff.  And even after I sell the pedal, tomorrow, it still won't be enough.  So it's just... Complicated.  Could I buy a cheaper phone?  Yeah.  But spending $100 on a phone NOW, then dropping another $428 on the phone I really want LATER??  It just doesn't seem smart.  And it's more money that I'd have to spend, in the long run.  Ughhh...

I still have this huge ass Sony Bravia HDTV in my room.  It's taking up so much space.  I only paid $25 for it.  I could probably sell it for the same price I bought it for.  I just haven't gotten around to doing it.

I need to set money aside, for a new phone.  And then save up money, for my boyfriend's visit.  Just in case we want to do something fun, while he's here.  I don't want him to have to pay for everything.  As it is, he's already spending close to $500 just for airplane tickets.

Plus... I'm going to the local salon, a few days before my boyfriend gets here, to get my eyebrows waxed, eyelashes tinted, and eyelashes permed.  It's going to cost $40.  Which isn't bad.

Ughhh.  It's just hard trying to manage money, when you're broke.  And I've sold everything worth value.  Selling jewelry is super cheap, and not enough to do anything with.  Blahhh...