I don't want to buy a new bathing suit.

It's not just the money but also the going and the getting.

I guess I could cut down one of my two pairs of jeans but -- as of the other day -- only one of them has a working waist clasp . The other is now only usable for gag purposes and domestic activities. I probably need the first pair for not being naked.

True, during The Big Clean, I did find my uncle's old trunks. But they're much too large. Plus the lacy innards are mangled and the string is oddly inserted.

If only I hadn't spent money on those new poor people's, plastic sneakers the other day.

But then, it's not just the money.