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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1864330, member: 5233&quot;]Or, jlogan...I have another idea for you.&nbsp; Again, not knowing your age this might not apply.&nbsp; Do some research and pick out a note you really want.&nbsp; Lets just say for arguments sake...you decide it&#039;s a 1896 $1 Education Note.&nbsp; They are expensive, so you want a lower grade example.&nbsp; Just for the sake of this example, lets use this note:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.donckelly.com/lg_type/f224_493.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.donckelly.com/lg_type/f224_493.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.donckelly.com/lg_type/f224_493.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This note is for sale for $225...so, you want something in this range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I&#039;m a little older, I understand better why my parents did not want me buying expensive coins, notes, or sports cards (all 3 of which I still collect).&nbsp; When you are young, interests change very quickly.&nbsp; One month...you really want this, the next you really want that.&nbsp; Most kids, if they had a chunk of money, would spend on what they want right now...then it&#039;s gone and a month later the interest in that expensive item is lost.&nbsp; So, that&#039;s a big part of why parents don&#039;t want their kids buying expensive hobby items.&nbsp; Sure, there are other reasons...but this plays a part.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what do you do?&nbsp; You incrementally save.&nbsp; Rather than going to your mom with $225 one day out of the blue (because to her, it is out of the blue...even if you have been saving for a long period of time)...prove that you have been saving for it for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a sheet of paper.&nbsp; At the top, write &quot;1896 Education Note Savings - Start date 2/12/14.&quot;&nbsp; Then below that, write :&quot;2/12/14 - $20.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Put that piece of paper and a $20 bill in an envelope and put it somewhere safe.&nbsp; The next month, put another $20 in the envelope and note it on the paper with that day&#039;s date.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you have created is a small savings account...with a record of deposits.&nbsp; It will take you about a year saving up for the note in this manner, a little at a time.&nbsp; This way, you don&#039;t put all your money into it (so you can still buy things)...and you still slowly save up.&nbsp; When you are getting close to having enough money for what you want (in about a year)...go to your mom and show her what you have done.&nbsp; Tell her, I decided a year ago that I want this kind of note...I did some research found out about what they cost and every month I have been saving a little towards it.&nbsp; You will have a dated record of when you started and when you made each deposit as proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>This will show her that you are responsible.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet she will let you buy one then.&nbsp; Also, once you get accustomed to living on $20 less per month...you probably won&#039;t even notice it&#039;s missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will take time, but if you really want a nice large size note while respecting your mother, that&#039;s how you get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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