No Sales Tax @_@

I feel like I'm going through culture shock or something -- only it's not really culture shock. Since I've been in Cali for almost a year, it's weird to go back home to my family and then see all these Oregonian license plates around. It's really, really odd 'cause I'm so used to seeing lots of Californian license plates. Then the notion of there's no sales tax is REALLY weird for me too. I mean, I'd be standing there and staring at the $0.00 over by the tax line on the cash register screen with a @_@ expression. It's very nice, but I hope I don't get over-spoiled 'cause then that would suck when I have to face reality once I get back to Cali.

In these last few weeks since a little before my birthday, I've been doing so much shopping that I'm telling myself that I should be worried 'cause my bank account is not liking all this spending that much. And... I just bought a new laptop... so I REALLY should be worried @_@. My laptop's not cheap, and especially with my hours getting cut at work, it's really worrisome. I think I've spent at least $500 since reaching Oregon already so... it's kinda bad.

I also had my eye exam today and got prescription for both contacts and ordered glasses so that was around $300. I think I've almost spent $1000 actually @_@. I need to keep it low for the next couple weeks. Thank god I got all my Christmas shopping done... Well, not quite done 'cause I need to buy my brother a Nintendo DS =_=; Then I'll be really done. *sigh* Ugh, everything costs so much money.