Saving Money and Expenses and Money and Kids

My daughter just asked me for a sleeping bag.  So, being the curious mother I am, I asked her why she needed a sleeping bag.  She, being the greedy child smarty-pants she is said, “Because I don’t have one.”  Oh, well, in that case let me pick one up right away. I’ll swing by and pick up a pony on the way home, because you don’t have that either.  What I actually said was, “Well we aren’t going camping in winter, so maybe next year.”  She seemed pleased for the moment, even though she has