Friday, November 7, 2014

Austerity - Day 2

Day 2 of Austerity....

Well, yesterday was easy,  but last night was hard.  I went to an open house of a friend who own's a gorgeous and luxurious spa.  How badly did I want to sign up for a treatment?  A massage or a facial?  If you know me at all, you know the answer to that is VERY BADLY!  I even tried all my mental tricks, such as saying "Well, if I book it now but don't actually have the facial until the end of my 30 days, it won't count".... Yeah, I am very good at justifying and rationalizing.  But the good news is that I didn't, even though they truly looked sumptuous.... So I will consider that a triumph!

Day 2 is easy so far.... but I can already feel the bubbling up of urges.  I got an email to visit a sale a Coach.com, and I was totally jonesing to visit that site, just to look... I did not.  Also, as a preventative measure, I deleted any and all shopping apps from my phone.

I also worry about the upcoming weekend.  Harvest fest is in our town, which means shopping and fun things to buy and do.... How can I possibly go and not spend money?  This is going to be a challenge, but I am confident.... well, confident may be a little strong. How about cautiously optimistic?  

I know I want to buy something... I just don't know what or where or when...  but I know the craving is there, and I just have to keep away from anything dangerous..... How do you block the shopping channels from cable??  

More to come.... Thank you for reading!

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