I have officially decided to end the shopping ban a little early. I'm not doing this because it was too hard. On the contrary, it has become so easy for me to not spend. They say that it takes 21 days to form a habit. I did the shopping ban for 4 months and it [...]
So this was my first week of my "new life" and I'm realizing that I definitely need to get myself a little more structured. It doesn't help that even though I started off the week feeling great I ended it getting sick. Again. It has been a month now of one really nasty cold followed [...]
I am so happy to report that January was my LOWEST SPENDING MONTH YET! This hasn't even become something I am so much thinking about anymore, it is just my life. The other day my mom and I went to look at some wedding dress patterns and decided to run into a couple of our [...]
*scroll to bottom for Spending Report This was really a low key week. My chosen area to declutter was magazines which meant I got to kind of take it easy and work through each magazine in turn, tearing out the articles and pictures that I wanted to keep and throwing the rest into a box. [...]
*scroll to bottom for Spending Report One of the most eye opening things for me since I have started the Spending Ban is how easy decluttering has gone along with it. By challenging myself to only spend money on essential items, I am realizing how much I am surrounded by the non-essential. It's actually driving [...]
Super exciting end to the 11th week of my spending ban - Nick proposed! We plan to get married this fall so we have pretty well plunged right into wedding planning! It goes without saying that wedding expenses are all APPROVED and they will not be reported as part of my weekly spending report. I [...]
*Scroll to bottom for spending report I have been posting the bare minimum lately as far as my journey is going. And no, that's not meant to be a part of my minimalist journey - I've just been enjoying the holidays and also working out the next step in my life. I am excited to [...]
Overall, I definitely spent more in December due to the holiday. I had some bigger gift expenses. Next year I will likely start even earlier with gift ideas and have a set budget - something that I didn't have this year. My biggest spending area was Gifts followed by Dogs. Dogs is always going to [...]
So I was completely surprised on Christmas day when Nick and his family revealed that they had bought me a new bike! My bike was a cheap one that I had gotten on Craigslist and really isn't the right size for me. I love riding but it is just a little uncomfortable for me. Now [...]
This week went by in a bit of blur. Lots of things to get done at work and the holidays coming up. I am now off work until January 2nd which is very exciting for me. I have some projects I want to tackle at home but first, a little bit of self care and [...]
