Bad Habits Don’t Die
January has been so damn expensive. I swear the day I bought my new lap top (which I’m now in love with, of course), my car started making a weird noise. It’s only done it a few times, but it’s that screeching noise that cars make. I don’t know what that means, but I know it will involve spending money in the future.
The problem, though, is that I’m starting to do exactly what I said I wouldn’t. Things I couldn’t help came up and I’m starting to use that as justification enough to buy other things, however small they may be. It’s like, my plans got derailed, so what does it matter now? But, that’s exactly the attitude that got me into debt in the first place!
So, please forgive me for I have sinned. I bought the first two seasons of Weeds, because I love the show and they were on sale. I also bought a pizza, which may not be worth mentioning, but it’s an expensive meal (or a total of three meals) in a month when I have already gone over my grocery budget.
I don’t feel off track. I just feel bad habits creeping up on me and I’m not going to let them. Not while I’m working so hard to earn the money to get myself out of debt.
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I find it really interesting in how alike my mindset is about losing weight, to your mindset is about getting out of debt. I find myself thinking these exact same things when I have a bad day of eating. Really interesting.
Don’t get discouraged Ashley. If you have a bad day, move forward and start fresh on the next one! It’s okay, we all have our ups and downs!
I know you’re trying to cut out unnecessary expenditure, but personally, I don’t think buying some DVDs and a pizza is that big of a deal. Debt or no debt, you still have to keep yourself entertained, and, you know, alive. If you continue to go about things the right way, I’m sure you’ll make overall savings. Keep going.
I think you’re allowed to buy some things every once a while and at least you realized it as soon as it happened. Look at how far you’ve come to this point now anyways – you’re even doing better than I am! I’m curious what’s your grocery budget? We’re having a problem sticking to ours – it’s driving me insane! Or maybe it’s because we buy a lot of non-groceries from WalMart too so Mint.com tells me we’re overbudget. I should start saving receipts and add it up myself.
It’s a snowball effect… You buy one thing because you absolutely have to, then you buy another because you should – even if it’s unnecessary – and from there, you’re buying stuff you know you don’t need, but definitely want. I’ve done the same thing before, too. We all slip a little sometimes when trying to save money or just cut spending. Don’t be so hard on yourself about it. Sometimes you have to give in to those temptations or you’ll inevitably be miserable. And now that you’ve done so, you can get back on track and continue your path toward debt-free living.
Oh man, boxed sets are my weakness. Seriously, I just HAD to have Glee when it came out on DVD, which also turned into having season five of LOST and 500 Days of Summer. I have no self control sometimes
I know exactly what you mean, I’m struggling to get out of debt myself and sometimes old habits are just really hard to kick. Like yesterday, I spent $33 on Amazon when I shouldnt had. Even though its just $33 it was an impulsive buy and that’s just $33 more in debt I’ll be!