Spending Habits

The way we spend our money

Is as varied as it gets,

From those who sock it all away

To those who run up debts.

Though most of us are in between 

And when it comes to buying,

Some people splurge on things that would

To me be mystifying.

Expensive meals or clothes or jewels 

Defy my understanding,

Yet money spend on travel 

I think keeps your mind expanding.

For those who purchase tickets

To see concerts, fairs and shows,

Each penny spent is worthy of

Where all that money goes.

Our spending habits often trace 

To ways that we were raised

And frequently they’re so ingrained,

To change them, we’d be crazed.

Yet most of us with extra cash

Have something on this earth

Which we’d give in and splurge on

For whatever it is worth.