Gaining Control

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Registered: 07-14-2008
Gaining Control
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Mon, 09-29-2008 - 9:06pm
Today in the mail I got an ad from a home improvement store. It was one of those "buy now, pay later" things that usually sucks me in. It was expecially tempting because once current CC is paid off, we are going to start saving to put in floors, and buy a couch. But, despite all this, not only did I throw out the ad, I shred it. It felt great.





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Registered: 07-24-1997
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 9:16am

Yeahhh!!! Good for you!

One of the best things I ever learned (through sad experience!) is that things will always be on sale again. If it isn't the exact same thing, it will be equally good or better, or sooner or later there will be an alternative. I wish I'd learned this when I was much younger, but eventually I wised up.

My weakness was succumbing to email offers from my favorite clothing stores. Since I knew I had a hard time resisting, I took myself off their email lists until I actually NEEDED something. It's not quite as satisfying as shredding temptation, but it helped me a lot!

Kelly