The Good Life... The Green Life?

Ugh, I just got another Ikea email, now with "new lower prices!" Stop taunting me, affordable yet expensive and close yet inconvenient furniture! I do not want to look at the sleek lines of that beautiful "Expedit" bookcase that's only $69 and that I do not need or have space for but that I really really want! Stop looking at me like that! You too, Ikea 365+ 7-piece cookware set, so shiny and silver!

I need some green, but maybe not this kind...

I'm having trouble with my money right now. Not financial trouble, but mental trouble. I actually have a little bit of extra money because I got paid three times in October instead of just two (don't you love when that happens?), but I'm trying not to go insane and buy lots of stuff and be dirt poor again. Money padding is nice. But...

...But I just want so much stuff! I want some new $100 shoes! I want one of those Flip video cameras that are small but that shoot video in HD! I want a new computer! I want Final Cut Pro! I want a new jacket and some new clothes and some good food and lots and lots of stuff! Is it so bad to want stuff!? But I can't afford it. I can't afford ANYTHING!

Sigh. I'm antsy. I know my life is good and my job is good and I'm in New York and I'm lucky and all that, but sometimes I feel like I would sell myself for a little extra cash. If someone could just give me $10,000 to do a mini life-upgrade, I would be very happy.

So if you know someone...