go a month without buying nonessentials

I purchased a piano book for my daughter’s piano curriculum. While no, it does not fall under the “essentials” of food, clothing, shelter…it is an educational expense which I believe is essential to her development. :)

I walked out of Target with a shopping cart and half were non-essentials. :( So I guess it’s start over time.

...and bought my 3 year old a teeball bat. It’s soooooo cute! And she loves to play catch with us in the backyard, and I thought – well maybe she could get the hang of hitting the ball and work on her hand-eye-coordination…etc.
But it was a TOTALLY unnecessary purchase and I completely forgot about the nonessentials thing!

Okay, starting over. Okay…AUGUST 14th here we come! ;)

Monday is my birthday, but after that I’m on it.

It begins! :) I’m not forcing this on my husband – even though it’s OUR money collectively, I am not personally purchasing anything we absolutely do not NEED. And then on August 6th I’ll hand him the $$$ I saved by not buying any junk and tell him to go buy himself a treat. And then he’ll be inspired to not buy nonessentials, either. Sound like a plan??? :)

this is working out because i’m putting all of my not-grocery money toward china.

sort of relapsed. had a horrible day, fought with my father, blahblahblah. i’ll be getting this summer jacket in the mail on monday?

two weeks in!

although, i’m just making lists in my head of things to buy. which basically just means i’m on consumption hiatus?

yuck. i really need to pare down what i already own, and be more selective about what i buy when this is over.