Remember this post, in which I shared my new {gulp} quarter-long budget? Part of the deal was regularly checking in with updates on my progress; you know, to keep me honest and prevent those little spending slips that add up to total budgeting failure and whatnot?
Well I’m nearly halfway through the first month of the four-month challenge, and I haven’t spent a penny yet. Not on a bag or a shoe or even a lipgloss. It’s early in the game of course, but it seems that by announcing my intentions to all of you, I conjured a little Jiminy Cricket that talks me through every purchase temptation and keeps me on track! I’ve stopped in a few stores in the last couple of weeks to browse, but thought twice — and three and four times — about each thing I wanted to buy, ultimately walking out empty-handed.
I find myself wanting to hang on to that hundred bucks for as long as possible, holding out for something really fabulous, which is so very unusual for me! For as long as I can remember, extra money has always burned a hole in my pocket… I was blowing my birthday cash on neon scrunchies, Lip Smackers and MadLibs and shaking the quarters out of my piggy bank before I was old enough to pick out my own clothes.
I have no illusions that it’s going to remain this easy over the next 15 weeks, but for now I’m basking in the glow of the extra cash in my checking account.
What do you think?