It was horrible yesterday, let me tell you. Not in a long agonizing sort of way. It hits you rather in that out of the blue impulsivity sort of way.
It's that feeling of "ooooo let's buy/let's get" that hits me in the darndest places. Like at the checkout when I see the little crack US and Star Magazines and I have to fight my urge to pick them up and put them in my pile. It's like going to the drugstore and just WANTING something...that need to walk out of there with something you didn't plan on getting...something pretty or scented. It's the "ohhhh what to have for supper. Hey let's order pizza! I HAVE money set aside for dining out/take out"
What it is, my friends, is a habit. A habit of just buying things without even thinking. Granted it isn't as expensive a habit as some people out there. It could be alcohol or cigarettes...VLTs or expensive clothes. It's small stuff but then again, it's often and I am living on a smaller amount than some (more than others)
I truly could hear the 'awww come on!!' inside me as I fought off the urges.
This probably would be easier if I did everything out of money envelopes/jars but I don't. Only my spending money goes that route.
I did say no. Yeah me. But that is just one day of about 10 out of the blue temptations, and it is only the beginning of the month.
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Congratulations on saying no! It may be the beginning of the month, but I suspect that each time you say no, the habit will become easier to break. I fight the impulse buying urge for small things also--not always successfully. Does using the envelopes for spending money help with impulse buying?
One thing that brightens my day without spending any money is a trip to the local library. New stuff without the cost!
The envelopes helps with the purely self ME impulse spending. All that girl stuff that makes me go ooooooooooooo LOL
The don't help as much with the household or food things because those are just in an invisible category in my account and I document later (sometimes) how much came out of which category.
I LOVE the library. Being a book addict makes this a must. I have spent far too many thousands of dollars on books over the years.
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