Rather than waiting until after the holidays for your purse, could you hint around to family and friends that you would love a new purse? You might be lucky enough to be given an early holiday gift that you can enjoy throughout the holidays....without breaking your budget. :-D
Sounds like you did wonderful at the store. I find it hard to go to Target and Walmart without spending $100+. LOL!
starbucks is in "my bookstore" and "my target"! my two favorite stores in the world! urgh... i am a total frappaccino-aholic (is there a support group for that?). Man, i love those things. They have a pumpkin spice one now that is just.... yumm!!!! it tastes like a yummy piece of pumpkin pie covered with whipped cream with a nice cup of coffee... excuse me while i wipe the drool off my keyboard. i have not been in either of these stores for awhile. I am going to save up my measly spending money from our budget and then go on a little treat trip. Kid free, husband free.. just me and frappuccino happily strolling the aisles...
I have to say to you, great job resisting the hats and purses. I also want a new hat and scarf set this time of year and target always has a super cute selection. I just can't resist those pastel, fluffy ones, that are soooo soft!!! As for purses, I am still using a straw beach bag type thing that i bought at a flea market for three dollars a few months ago. It's ginormus...you could fit a kid in there.
I know it's not the same.. but do you know how to crochet or knit? maybe you could get a skein of yard (sometimes as low at 2 dollars) and you can get a nice hat or scarf made fromt that. Not to mention, it's totally relaxing (once you get the pattern down.)
You did good. I know how difficult it is to restrain yourself (Target does have cute stuff!)
I took my daughter to Joann's last night to get some clay and poster board for school projects, and this is typically my downfall. In fact, I worked there last Christmas and ended up spending a lot of my pay before I left for the day! Anyway, we got her clay and posterboard and a paint by numbers, totalling about $12 (the clay was 30% off and I used a coupon for the paint by numbers). All the fall stuff was marked way down (isn't it always?) and I looked around and guess what? There was tons of cute stuff but absolutely nothing I couldn't live without. I think it's the first time I've ever gone into a fabric/craft store without buying anything.
It's amazing how insiduous this buying thing is. I have a Kohl's card and my MIL gave me a 15% off coupon she got in the mail. Yesterday I was looking at the coupon and thinking, "well, I could use this and then pay off whatever I charged right away, and save 15%!" And my mind was already going in that direction when I realized the coupon had expired the day before. So that put an end to that, but if it hadn't, who knows?
Rather than waiting until after the holidays for your purse, could you hint around to family and friends that you would love a new purse? You might be lucky enough to be given an early holiday gift that you can enjoy throughout the holidays....without breaking your budget. :-D
Sounds like you did wonderful at the store. I find it hard to go to Target and Walmart without spending $100+. LOL!
Pat
starbucks is in "my bookstore" and "my target"! my two favorite stores in the world! urgh... i am a total frappaccino-aholic (is there a support group for that?). Man, i love those things. They have a pumpkin spice one now that is just.... yumm!!!! it tastes like a yummy piece of pumpkin pie covered with whipped cream with a nice cup of coffee... excuse me while i wipe the drool off my keyboard. i have not been in either of these stores for awhile. I am going to save up my measly spending money from our budget and then go on a little treat trip. Kid free, husband free.. just me and frappuccino happily strolling the aisles...
I have to say to you, great job resisting the hats and purses. I also want a new hat and scarf set this time of year and target always has a super cute selection. I just can't resist those pastel, fluffy ones, that are soooo soft!!! As for purses, I am still using a straw beach bag type thing that i bought at a flea market for three dollars a few months ago. It's ginormus...you could fit a kid in there.
I know it's not the same.. but do you know how to crochet or knit? maybe you could get a skein of yard (sometimes as low at 2 dollars) and you can get a nice hat or scarf made fromt that. Not to mention, it's totally relaxing (once you get the pattern down.)
great job resisting the retail monsters!
kel
You did good. I know how difficult it is to restrain yourself (Target does have cute stuff!)
I took my daughter to Joann's last night to get some clay and poster board for school projects, and this is typically my downfall. In fact, I worked there last Christmas and ended up spending a lot of my pay before I left for the day! Anyway, we got her clay and posterboard and a paint by numbers, totalling about $12 (the clay was 30% off and I used a coupon for the paint by numbers). All the fall stuff was marked way down (isn't it always?) and I looked around and guess what? There was tons of cute stuff but absolutely nothing I couldn't live without. I think it's the first time I've ever gone into a fabric/craft store without buying anything.
It's amazing how insiduous this buying thing is. I have a Kohl's card and my MIL gave me a 15% off coupon she got in the mail. Yesterday I was looking at the coupon and thinking, "well, I could use this and then pay off whatever I charged right away, and save 15%!" And my mind was already going in that direction when I realized the coupon had expired the day before. So that put an end to that, but if it hadn't, who knows?
Karen
Hi Sarah - congrats on resisting temptation.
All my best,
Danni