stop buying things i dont need.

haha, yes indeed i do admit failure on this!

i went shopping on wednesday – i bought a denim jacket for £45! although it was very nice + bang on trend, but i am never going to wear it.. and did i heck need it?! haha!!

although i am going to try and save. right now i have only £85 to my name..

I’ve actually started selling things I don’t need on Craigslist. It’s fun and kind of addicting. I need to cut out all this material shit I have in my life….

I’m doing really well at this. I guess a broader topic would be spending money generally where it doesn’t need to be spent. I spent some money at the bar this weekend I didn’t need to, but overall I haven’t made any large personal purchases like normal, so I’m doing much much better!!!!!

This kind of goes along with my quit using a credit card goal….I think not picking up everything in a store and just swiping a card will help me quit buying things I don’t need. I’m also trying to quit buying cds, dvds, books and instead borrow them from the library!!!!! One more note on this….I HAVE enough clothes. I don’t need more. Unless I get a run in my panty hose or something like that. No more clothes for awhile!

Did I positively need those two beautiful pair of earrings, on sale for 25% off, the one pair two hues of blue and the other, an intense combination of my favorite limey green and deep turquoise?

In a word, no. However, they’re beautiful and on sale and well, I’m quite happy with them.

Now, that said, I have to get out of here and in order to do that, two things need to happen: I need to find a new job and I need to save enough money to sustain myself for a little while and to afford another move.

So…things to stop buying…I need to cut down on the coffee expenditures, also muffins. Too many lunches out, too many groceries wasted. I can use Emily’s extra umbrella until I can buy one; I can wear the shoes I have until my adorable lime flats go on sale; I can shop more smartly for the things I really do need…it’s gametime now, for a little while.

Cross your fingers, though, that I find something, please?

Seriously, WHAT IS MY PROBLEM??

Pay day comes and i have everything wrote down that has to be paid, but then we go out as a family for the day and end up spending the money that was meant to be for bills.
I’am not good with money but i really need some help to budget my money better.
It is very expensive to live in this world even to eat costs alot of money.

i need to stop buying things, as its all impulse buying, on stuff that i either already have or just don’t need..

i’m skint, due to having no job.. and not many places hiring;
i need a job, which pays well + works with my college hours.
(which in my eyes, isn’t going to happen!)
so i’m working part time on ebay, big wardrobe and in the process of starting up my own online business with no listing fees.

good luck me!

x

I was waiting on the metro platform tonight – and realized that I saw the same ad in less than 30 minutes in two different places. First time was on the back of a bathroom door, second was on the metro TV screen. It got me to thinking about what people look like under make up, tans, dyed hair, fake nails, and esthetic stuff that is supposed to make us look better. Why do people hide under all of this? Do they even know what they look like?

I admit that for part of my life I was sucked into the world of make up and hair dye but eventually realized that I didn’t need it or even want it. When I was buying winter boots earlier this winter the sales woman kept trying to sell me the high heel boots because she said they were more fashionable and I kept explaining that I needed something flat and comfortable to walk in all day.

Why are people so afraid of letting the world see what they really look like? What are they when the mask of ‘beauty’ products is taken off and they are left just with themselves? Do they even know what they look like without all of this? How is it that there are so many people who cannot leave the house without ‘putting on their face’? The cosmetic industry makes so much money on convincing people that they need to wear all of this shit to feel good about themselves. Why?

I haven’t bought any cosmetics in 2 years and I no longer feel the need to wear them! I feel comfortable in my skin without them :)

I can’t go in a store and just get the things i need. I get things sometimes and dont know why i even bought it.