I haven't posted at all on how I've been doing on #noshopping for February. But I'm doing pretty good! There have been a couple slip-ups. The only thing I got was a sandwich maker on Target clearance for Spencer ($7.49). But also I re-gifted a toy that Henry got for Christmas from his daycare lady that he already had to my neighbor's son for his first birthday, so I think I came out ahead on the actual items/money spent.
Food is a different matter. We already had Spencer's birthday dinner at Red Robin planned, and a fancy dinner at Armani's for Valentine's day/date night (we haven't been on a date in many months). After Spencer's four-year doctors appointment we hit Steak N Shake as an apology for the three shots he had to have. I had a lunch planned with some work friends that happened mid-month. Hubby and I went to Tijuana Flats for a lunch date on President's Day because I was off work and he was working from home, and he insisted on Greek food for dinner on Saturday night, since I had an exhausting day of running/biking/birthday parties.
The last thing I bought was something April, but I had to pay for now. Technically, it was planned. We got opening day baseball tickets -- woohoo! Against Stacie's Yankees, on Good Friday.
One thing I have done this month is window shop. Fitness clothes. Sports bras. Running socks. Beads for bracelets I want to make. I do desperately need a new sports bra or two (the ones I have are all from when I first started working out), but I think that I'm going to try to generally keep going on the lack of spending. No spending = good.
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Good job! I think food would be the hardest part for me, too. I generally eat lunch out once a week and we order dinner a couple times a month. Then there's my Starbucks addiction...
Let the trash talk begin!!
That's great! I set up an account with mint.com to better see where we spend most of our money. It's no surprise that it's on restaurants & groceries (other than mortgage, which is still #1). I've set up a budget and hope to cut back 20% in the next few months.
I've not gone shopping free, but I have limited my shopping budget significantly so that I can put the money I'd normally spend into savings for trips and emergencies.
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