Expensive Hobbies.

So, I'm generally comfortable with my level of (absurd) indugences, but its become more and more apparent that I have gotten used to some seriously expensive hobbies.  Recently the question as to whether or not I should reenter the world of horse ownership caused me to take a look at my finances. 

Currently most of my $$ goes to:

Wine
Oysters (to have with the wine, obvi)
The Trainer
The Therapist
The Shopping

These are expensive outlets.  Why couldn't I just really love knitting and collecting used DVDs? My 401k would certainly appreciate it, PLUS I'd be able to produce my own knitwear! But alas I seem to spend most of my time (and money) on things that are literally commanded by the clock.  Either they charge by the hour (trainer, therapist), or I'm urged by time restraints to consume appropriately (thank you Happy Hour and limited online sales).  Basically this leaves less disposible income readily available to take care of this pretty thing: (I know, I know, its not a bottle of booze, or a hamburger or anything sauteed in ANYTHING, but still... she's pretty)

So, true to form, I continue to add serious cash drains without really removing anything from the list.  In theory if I manage to spend any time at all with the big Hay Burner, then I should be spending less on The Trainer, and should definitely be spending less time (and money) at Happy Hour.  So really this should all contribute to the big bad goal of "get in shape, have fun doing it."  and the real kicker is that might reduce the other questionable decisions that I tend to make. 

See how good I am at convincing myself of potentially horrendous life choices? Ta-Da!