shop less

I took my sister shopping for her birthday the other day and told myself I can only buy sunglasses since I really needed new ones (my other ones broke). But I ended up picking up a couple other things. I feel a bit guilty about it, but I know i could have done ALOT worse. I didn’t pick up anything from my favorite store… which my family thought was a miracle! I didn’t spend as much money as I usually would when I go shopping and the things I picked up were on sale and I debated over if i really needed them instead of impulse buying… so i think i’m making progress ! :)

I can say I’ve improved from a couple years ago because I used to work next to a mall and would go over there after work all the time and pick up a “few” things. Now I don’t work or live near a mall and I don’t have a car of my own so I shop a little less. However, when I do get a chance go shopping, I splurge. I will be good for about a month and not go shopping at all and then I’ll decide I need 1 thing and end up buying 50 things. I spend way too much money considering I have a loan to pay… I really need to cut back (notice I didn’t say “stop”?)