Weeks passed, the new year came, and I only had a thousand saved for a car. Unfortunately, because my credit wasn’t great - thanks student loans - every place I looked into for financing on a car either wanted a really high monthly payment or a really high deposit. I was struggling to figure out how I was going to pull it off. My grandma lectured me every now and then about spending money I didn’t need to spend going out to eat with Willow or on clothes. The reality though was that I hadn’t really bought any new clothes except what I had needed to start at Stella Cucina. I didn’t really go out to other restaurants to eat often, but I would occasionally buy a coffee at the bookstore or a meal at Stella’s. My worst habit was buying books. I had to have something to do during my down time.

