I'm going to be really annoyed with myself if I get to the end of the month and can't buy milk and fruit because I just spent $10.16 on non-essentials. If that is the case, it will be a lesson well worth learning. I made my first shopping trip since I started this challenge. A few questions I should ask myself as I ponder that trip:
First, why did I even go shopping when I don't normally shop at all except on Mondays?
Why did I go and buy things that I do not need and could have lived without, for sure?
Answering those questions gets at the root of why I haven't cut my budget back before now. It is SO HARD for me to pass up a deal. Deals are great, but not if I am spending money I don't have to get them.
Finding a happy medium needs to be my goal. I need to buy the items we need every week (milk, yogurt, fruit, bread, eggs), use any leftover money to stock up on deals, and be satisfied with the deals I can get with the money I have. Period. So much easier said than done.
Stay tuned . . .
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Just want to say hi, popping over from Mary's challenge. I'll be starting tomorrow when I get my groceries in. Hope you manage to stay under budget :)
ReplyDeleteGood Luck in the challenge! It's gonna be tough but here's hoping all of us challengers can do it!
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