Money Box
Money Box for us is a place where we can keep our money secure. We think it is a hidden place a safe haven for our money, thieves will not be able to trace. This is not the way my husband and me think of moneybox to be. My definition is different as far as moneybox is concerned. In my bedroom on top of my totally cluttered dresser is a shoebox nicely wrapped in gift paper. Guess what is that for? Yes that contains money and it is our moneybox. How much money does it contain, well we don't have any idea as to how much money it holds. It is some years now that we dreamt of weekend getaways or lavish vacations but never had the required funds to turn them into reality. It was not that we did not save, but that saving was lost to some unexpected expense. Just when I was thinking on this one day my husband approached me with a thought, which he claimed will make me happy. His idea was to create a moneybox for ourselves from an ordinary shoebox, we make a slit on top and make it attractive and colorfully with our ideas and thoughts. We decided that both of us put money in the box every week, it could be just any amount ranging from $1 to $20, what amount we put would not matter but we decided that none of us would disclose to the other the amount we put in the box every week. A definite time period was set to accumulate money in the box. Whatever amount we managed to put in the box had to be used only to plan a vacation. If we managed trifle amount we would plan a weekend and whenever the amount would be substantial we treat ourselves with a luxurious vacation.
It was a pleasant and shocking idea, pleasant, as it was very good and shocking, as I was not expecting any such idea from my Husband. We stamped a confirmation on this thought by deciding to put $10 each immediately to make the moneybox authentic. Now we where confirmed that we would have at least $20 whenever we decide to open the box some day. We had put date on the moneybox and after one years time from the day we sealed it we found ourselves sitting on the bed with the dusty moneybox in between us. We opened the box and to our amazement we had managed to collect more than what we expected. Though the money was not sufficient for a luxurious vacation we could manage a 4-day cruise to Bahamas. When we returned we where so convinced that we made one more box and this time targeted for a dream vacation to Hawaii. |