10 years from now

I went out with two ex-coworkers for a dinner date last Sunday. According to what I was told, we were to meet in a bookstore where they wanted to pick up some travel books for an upcoming trip to South America. When I got there, I got a call. It was E telling me that she's in the department store close to the bookstore and I was to meet them there. Turned out she had been stuck in there for the past hour and had picked out a few things that she liked. When I met up with her and T, her best friend, T asked me to join forces with her and stop E from buying any stuff. I didn't get the picture at first, but toward the end of the night, I finally did. It took only 3 hours for E to spend 70k on 3 things and try to get a friend of mine that I haven't seen for a year who happened to work for a boutique there to give her extra discounts. And these are just the consolation prizes she got for not buying a bag she wanted.

T and E have always been idols of mine. They are in their 40's, smart, sharp, strong, unique and accomplished. Most of all, they are not just material girls. They have depth. Which I don't. That's one of the reasons why I admire them so much. I have envied how they have found the professional love of their lives and are making (relatively) big bucks out of them. Something I'm not sure I'll be able to achieve when I hit 40. And man, they can SHOP!!! So will I be there 10 years from now, burning truckloads of money without blinking just because I can (and maybe because I'm loaded) and attempting to coerce some discount out of a friend of my friend? Hmm… tempting… but I'm not sure if these all come in a package. Can I take only the part where it involves truckloads of money?