Monday: Spent nothing
Tuesday: Meijers for marching shoes for Jon. Wanted to go out to eat, but bought pizza at Meijers to throw in the overn
Wednesday: My husband bought us treats at the Tulip Time Parade my son was marching in. Didn’t buy anything at the Jars of Clay concert that night with my son (5th row front and center, tickets from my church, bought cheaply last month)
Thursday: Grocery shopping. Used the grocery game . Target for medicine and cereal and pots for my herb garden we are moving from the garden to the pots. Resisted books, magazines and an organizer
Friday: Kid’s allowances
Saturday: took in-laws to dinner, Jeff rented a tiller to turn over garden. Used the smaller one to save money. Bought plants and seeds for garden.
Sunday: Bought Sunday paper
I nearly cracked on Saturday. I stayed away from the bookstores BUT at the grocery store, had to look for something in the same aisle where they keep books and stationery and saw something I wanted. And it was cheap!
I did the same as you did, Beth. I picked it up, put it down a couple of times. I also thought that I’ll have to post that I broke down and that did it for me – I’m very competitive by nature so I resisted 🙂
So now, we’re half way and I’m still strong……… will check in again later this month.
Marcia, Woohoo! How fantastic that you held out. The funny thing is, in a couple of weeks you probably won’t even remember what it was you wanted 🙂
Wow – today is the last day of May and I made it!!! This must be the first month in YEARS that I have not spent on books!
Last week I had a number of emails advertising a book I would normally buy. I just clicked the links and took my credit card out of my wallet and started entering the digits when I realised “oh my word – what am I doing???”
Then I closed the webpage down.
You’re right – now that over a week has passed I don’t even feel that strongly about the book. Which just goes to show how we’re stuck in habits of instant gratification!
I have always justified it by saying “i can afford it and don’t really spend on anything else” and “i’m investing in me”. This is all true but what I have learnt this month is that if I delay my purchases, some of them I don’t want afterwards.
I’ve decided that I will set a limit for impulse buys and if anything is above this limit, I will delay for a week and see if I still want it. I figure if I really wanted it, I’ll still have strong feelings after a week. Like your procrastination ecourse, which I’ve been eyeing for over a month, and now that I’ve been so good, I deserve it!
So look out for my order in the next couple of days 🙂
Hi Marcia,
Good for you! You have done wonderfully. I agree learning and investing in ourselves is great. But, too often we buy more than we can ever go through. Or we end up with information overload 🙂