Okay, so mostly it has been a walk in the park to this point. When I told my boss about my commitment she responded with, "But what if you find a cute shirt at Old Navy?"
"I will just not buy it."
"What? But what if it is a good deal."
"I won't buy it."
Which leads me to today... I was shopping in Target for sweatpants to be donated to our school for in the nurse's office. In an attempt to find an adult small or medium, I ran across the most perfect pair of capri work-out pants.... for $1.97. Temptation set in. I could actually feel endorphins running through my body saying 'you'll never find a deal like this again!'. The pants and I had a moment
I looked at them, touched them, held them up to my waist (perfect size), rechecked the price to see just HOW on sale they were. I began negotiating in my head. Okay, maybe if I allot myself $20.00 a month, I can buy clothes with that money and learn how to manage it. What if all of my 5 pairs of work-out pants falls apart. Think of all the places I could wear these. Then I stopped. I felt like an alcoholic in a liqueur store. I'm a dealoholic. I slowly put the pants back and we parted our ways. I'm not going to lie, I glanced back whimsically.
The farther I walked away, the better I felt. Now I felt like a recovering alcoholic who had just turned down their first drink. Yay!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
November 30
"So, what would you like for Christmas?" This is the innocent question my husband posed to me last month.
"I already bought everything I wanted on Black Friday! Look at all the great deals I got"....
This got me thinking about how I make purchases based on how much money I'm saving. Last Christmas season, Rich and I watched a show where a man was talking about all of these great deals and how much money he would save. Then he said one very important thing... "Think how much money I would save by not buying anything!".
Due to the fact that I literally had no idea what to tell my husband, I decided that I would swear off of shopping for clothes and kitchen whatnot (excluding food) for a whole year.
I'm blogging about it with all the time I'm saving by not shopping!
"I already bought everything I wanted on Black Friday! Look at all the great deals I got"....
This got me thinking about how I make purchases based on how much money I'm saving. Last Christmas season, Rich and I watched a show where a man was talking about all of these great deals and how much money he would save. Then he said one very important thing... "Think how much money I would save by not buying anything!".
Due to the fact that I literally had no idea what to tell my husband, I decided that I would swear off of shopping for clothes and kitchen whatnot (excluding food) for a whole year.
I'm blogging about it with all the time I'm saving by not shopping!
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