One thing I did which I wish I had done sooner is I called my bank and asked for a lower interest rate on my visa. My interest rate went down and I pay a small annual fee. The amount of money saved in interest is a lot more than the annual fee for the card. Perhaps you may want to try this?
I write down the expense excluding grocery shopping each month, and it surely helps with telling myself how much goes into where, and sometimes as painful as it is to see every purchase, it surely helps with dealing with the hard cold truths!
Maybe set yourself a limit on shipping costs? For example, during the 100 days you can make trades as long as shipping doesn't exceed $20 (or $10 or whatever you decide). So then you're only making the trades you REALLY want. Also, in an effort to get rid of more than you get, throw a few extra/bonus items in with each trade!
You may also want to try trading with nearby friends/family to do away with shipping costs altogether. Recently I traded an eye cream sample which didn't interest me for a full-sized eye shadow with a family member. Both of us walked away happy and there were no shipping costs. Both products were from beauty subs.
Thanks! If I run out of regular conditioner (and I might in the next 4 months!) I will try this first.
Yes I have a book I'm in the middle of but kinda shelved and I knit.... I definitely need to do those instead. Thanks!
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You can get thru it. I was getting the same feeling till I started digging into my box. I found a polish set that I hadn't opened from back in the summer. Maybe dig around and see if you can find something that you didn't know you had.I noticed over the past few days that I want to order items as a pick me up. It's stressful dealing with my sister and her myriad of issues. I picked her up to bring her back to my house for her counseling and treatments. I spent an hour and a half listening to her telling me how she is happy she is not 30 pounds overweight. She is a size 2/4. Guess who is 30 pounds overweight? Me. I wanted to order something when I came home with her to make me feel better. I've tried talking to her, but I think it is part of the mental illness.
My older son's cat is back home. He came home Thursday. I picked my sister up on Friday who will be here until Wednesday. I want to order something!!!
On the plus side she admitted on the trip to my house she is a hoarder. She trashed one of our rentals which my husband wants me to clean up. Ugh! I want one little thing. A hair mask, a pretty nail polish, just one little thing
Thank you. I'll do that. My sister and I are going to do our nails tomorrow. I am sure I can find a pretty nail polish to try out.
When I feel that "want", I go to the place where my backups and samples are, I look at everything including samples, and then I may or may not pull out a sample to try out that day. I think it helps me not pull the trigger on impulse buy.
