stop spending too much on frivolous things

Aargghh.. I went to the mall for excercise and ended up buying two pair of sweat pants. I’m not doing so good on impulse shopping. I MUST restrain myself!!!!

Wow! I just looked at my credit balance online and I’m spending way too much on Gosh knows what! I don’t even remember half of what I bought! This is a wake up call that I need to budget and prioritize and stop this bad, bad habit. So far I’m able to cover my debts but if I hadn’t checked it out, who knows how bad it might have gotten?!? Phew! At any rate, now that I’m aware of this, it’s something to keep track of and take care of. I kind of had a feeling money was frittering away somehow but wasn’t really paying attention. My worst habit is buying stuff online. I love half.com and buy way too many books, I could just go to the library. Plus clothing. I don’t go out all that much so I don’t need to keep buying new clothes. Besides, I’m losing weight, so I’ll wait til I’m much smaller and then reward myself with some cute outfits. Nothing in between!!! Let’s see, what else was there? Oh yes, make up. I keep buying make up that I end up never using. Gotta stop that. I have plenty of makeup, enough to last me several years so that shoud stop too. Presents I have to still get for nieces, nephews etc but maybe I’ll get gift cards from now on. It might be less expensive. I’ll have to look into that one. Well, hope I keep up this goal…