I can officially say I've made it 4 days without spending money! Yes, this is surprising for me. No coffee runs, no Krispy Kreme stops, no "I need to stop at Michael's real quick to see if they have new washi" runs.
Friday the 1st I was nanny'ing and usually I always stop at Krispy Kreme and grab a doughnut (or 3...) and a coffee and then on the way home it's not terribly unheard of for me to stop at Target/Sprouts/Dollar Tree/Michaels, Krispy Kreme (again, I TOLD you it was a problem!). Then yesterday the 3rd I went out to Orchard shopping center to try and sell some of my clothes at a consignment shop (didn't go well...I'll explain another day) on the way there are a ton of shops that I love to browse through, even when I'm not looking for something to buy I just feel like I need to go in and look around. It's ridiculous. I made it all the way there, looked around the store while they looked at my clothes, and all the way back home and I didn't buy anything! That's progress people! And I came home with $2.75 more than I had on my way there.
I really wanted to buy this dress, plus about 3 others I saw there but I refrained. I took a picture instead to remind myself that I do have willpower lol. The dress was just above knee length and had pockets!
I also sold $60 worth of items from my home that we no longer use or need. I sold some extra washi tape I had and though I really didn't make any money off of it (I just charged the person what I had to pay plus shipping and PayPal fees) it was still nice getting that money back in my account.
Today we drove to the library to return books and then headed over to a park that's on the way home. It's amazing how often I've been stopping at stores or fast food places. Just seeing the Kohls sign made me want to stop by as well as Good Times. Not only do I not need or even want anything from Kohls but I also wasn't hungry so there was no reason for me to stop at Good Times. And let me tell ya...had I stopped there I would have got the strawberry cheesecake addiction spoon bender. I'm not supposed to eat dairy and yet I still have no issue stopping and getting that. Will power! I feel it coming back!
I can't say my husband is as on board with this whole thing. He doesn't want to feel "deprived" (excuse my intense eye roll here). So yesterday he stopped at the liquor store and bought beer. SMH.
He did also pick up some ground beef for burritos we were making and some bars for his drive to work. That's fine. The beer...irritating but I'm trying to "Let it Go".
I still haven't unfollowed my groups on Facebook that make me want to spend money and today was REALLY difficult and I was thisclose to texting my mom and asking her to buy something for me and I'd pay her back next month. I didn't, and I'm proud of myself, because the girls really really really really don't need anymore clothes. No matter how incredibly cute it is!
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| I'm in a Facebook group that sells children's clothes that are so incredibly cute. |
So I'd say so far so good. I'm combating my coffee cravings with tea. I have an abundance of tea in my house that I never drink, it goes bad before I even get around to drinking it. And though I've been feeling really tired lately I don't think it's the tea but rather the 15 month old who still insists on waking me up all night long.
26 Days to Go!
Anyone else still hanging in there with me?! I'd love to hear about it.
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