Ideal the  See Jane Get Rich Blog Reader: I think a lot of bloggers share personal stuff like the daily growth of their chia pet, conversations with friends other people can’t see and hobbies like people watching.  I find these quite interesting.  You could join them, you know. 

Jane:  Ha, ha, ha haaaaa!  Oh, you were serious?  Um, ok.  I dunno ‘bout that.  Well, here is something “personal financy.”  I gave my first dinner party where I cooked and people actually liked what I made.  I was so insanely nervous about that dinner party. 

Ideal: You had a dinner party and you didn’t invite me! 

Jane:  Really, Ideal.  Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.  You are really a figment of my imagination. 

Ideal:  I am as real as they come!  Anyway, what did you make?

Jane:  You should’ve been there.  I made Salmon with fresh dill, lime juice and olive oil with a side of asparagus wrapped in prosciutto.  I made a fantabulous spinach salad with crumbled goat cheese, dried cranberries, toasted slivered almonds and walnuts, dried cranberry and fresh grapes.  Served it with white wine and had assorted sweets for dessert. 

Ideal: That sounds like one tasty meal.   

Jane: Now, I am on this big cooking spree because I fancy myself a mini-Martha Stewart.  Um, without all the insider trading.  White collar crime is so 2002. 

Ideal: Well, this could be a really nice post about your first dinner party and how you did it the frugal way.  How much did you spend?

Jane:  I don’t want to share that!  And no, I am not going to post about this!  I overspent because I had no clue about the portions.  I over-shopped.  I got too much wine, too much goat cheese…well, too much of everything.  I am so not gonna tell them that I spent like $50 on a dinner for 4 people!  This is one post that is so not going to happen.  They’ll never know. 

Now, Ideal, it has been fun but I have more important things to do like measuring the hourly growth of my chia pet and watching unsuspecting people who walk by my window.