Sometimes, no matter how much we're on top of our expenses and feel in control of our finances, mistakes do happen. Take, for example, a recent money mistake compliments of yours truly. In my attempt to purchase the perfect wedding gift, I failed to pay attention to the currency in which the present's price was listed. Had I not been so excited in my pursuit I would have noticed the price was not in dollars like I'd thought; rather, it was listed in euros.
There was no turning back after I'd made the purchase, and while at first I kicked myself, I realized that it was hardly a waste of money. Was it more than I intended to spend? Sure, but when you live within your means, these mistakes don't come with as big of a blow as they do to a budget that is stretched to the limit. I was able to gracefully absorb the ditsy moment by reducing extra expenses a bit more, but it's certainly a mistake that I won't make again!
Have you made any expensive money mistakes lately?
but i have made amends..
i pay off as much as i can everymonth and set aside a fixed ammount for savings and also living on a cash only budget. i feel so proud of myself cause i have just about two months left to
settle my debt with the credit card company and have recovered about 3k of the 5k which i burnt. 
Maybe I'll feel better after confessing this because I've been dealing with it for many months now (although my fiance has told me a million times it's ok) . . . I bought a non-refundable plane ticket to see him in Paris last year and then found out that I had to wait 90days to start taking vacation at my new job . . so I had to abandon that ticket and buy one for a shorter period so I wouldn't need to take extra days off work- luckily it was a "cheap" international ticket but still several hundreds of $'s!!!!
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