- I haven't bought a piece of clothing since October 5th ($73.27 for a belt that I may still take back). That's a month and a week of clothing-no-spend days. :) Pretty good (for me)! My goal is one year of spending no money on clothes! (um, undergarments don't count)
- I've sold two purses, and plan to sell at least two more by the end of the year.
- I'm happy with my wardrobe. And once I lose weight, I'll be even happier (I can finally fit into all my pants!)
- I'm being very conscious about using the things I have before I go out and buy something new. (like bathroom things - I used to always pick up a new bodywash at the drugstore only to return home and discover I had two already in reserve)
- My bf and I are making sure to only buy what we can eat, and not let anything spoil.
- I'm eating healthier (well, except for tonight, gulp), counting my calories, and exercising daily!
- I'm getting into the habit of going to yoga at least twice a week!
- I haven't charged anything on the credit cards in months!
- I'm cutting back on the number of meals out with friends (though unfortunately this means seeing them less)
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7 comments:
You haven't bought a piece of clothing since Oct. 5th or Oct. 2005? If it's the latter, you're amazing! I need to me more consciencious of not wasting any food too. And good job on not using cc's. You're definitely heading the right direction.
I WISH it was Oct 2005...!! No, I went on a major spending spree starting around May '08 and ending July '08 and bought a LOT of clothes, purses and shoes... it was a very expensive bout of temporary insanity. I've since returned or sold what I could (which is why I was able to charge the Mastercard up nearly 8000 and then pay it back within a couple months).
I'd like to not buy clothes for a year! (3 years I don't think I could do!)
Clothes were a budget killer for me too, I somehow got over it. I want a better wardrobe but I don't want the expense of it! I only buy stuff on sale and only buy pieces I really need instead of, oh maybe if I go to a great club this will come in handy. Yeah right, it sits in the closet forever. You're making good progress.
@miss m: Yeah, same here! I was obsessively shopping online over the summer, but then I stopped... I think starting school up again and getting the part-time job helped.
It's always the new technology that gets me.
I used to buy a new cell phone every six months because I had to have the newest and the shiniest! New laptop every two years, and so on.
It's taking a lot of discipline to stay out of the electronics shops.
Question...how do you get all those charts of your debt payoffs? I want to add some of those to my blog for debt and for weight loss goals...
Thanks!
@a fool: or away from newegg.com?? I know what you mean. I'm hoping the "shiny-ness" of my iphone and my laptop will last me a couple years... because I can't make any more big purchases before then. :\ Luckily, my bf is obsessed with tech too, so he'll buy anything he deems a "must have"... so I don't think I'll be too deprived. That's good, b/c I don't think I could've survived the withdrawal pangs. ;)
@brandy: I did "view page source" at another blog, copied the html, pasted it into blogger's layout editor (I think it's the "add html" gadget) and then modified it to my liking. :) I can help more if you want to e-mail me (debtchronicles@hotmail.com)
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