For the month of August, we are going to cut out any unnecessary spending. Of course, this scares this shop-a-holic, believer in retail therapy to death. But I’m hoping that this will help us keep more of our hard-earned money. I’m an impulse buyer but only on items under $10. If an item is $15, then I will fret for weeks about buying it but in the meantime I might spend a $100 on smaller items.
During the month, we are also going to do some major decluttering in our home and in our storage. August is the hottest month in Mississippi, so I might have to do some of this in the middle of the night just to beat the heat. But I really want to get as much done as possible.
I just need to tackle a little each day and then hopefully I can start seeing some progress which will motivate me to keep going.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:41 am
I try to cut unecessary spending every month, never works for me!!
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 am
I’ve noticed that when I start trying to spend less, I stop buying things I would love to have and in a couple of month of such a life, I can come to a store and suddenly spend all the money I have on hands:(((( it’s like being on a diet, when you are starving for months and then buying yourself a huge cake - as a reward for all the sufferings…
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
It’s an excellent post because in this era saving is really important to secure the future because no one know what’s coming next
August 7th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I find if you go out to walk in parks and doing things that you don’t normally do to spend some time with your partner or a friend, this task becomes much easier.
Saving your hard earned money is a good thing, buy things you need, not things you want.