Hey ladies!!! Good news, I already did a lot of the items on my list for this 11-20 days!!!
I'll explain later! But I'm so glad for getting some of these finaincial goals done.
Also, today is the first day I can say I'm not really tempted by anything. Well, I still want things, but I'm not thinking about them all the time and dreaming up online carts and stuff. I'm not actively in stress from wanting.
I know I'll be running out of cotton rounds soon, and I'm debating whether or not I have time to cut and sew these flannel sheets to use and rewash.... or if I should just replenish them and go back to the cut and sew method when I'm less busy.... AKA when I finish my master's thesis!!! I think I'll just repurchase because there is so much else going on I'm not sure I'll have time, but at the same time, it would be good for me to do something with my hands... so I don't know!! What do you ladies think? It involves cutting flannel blankets, matching up two sides and then sewing them together on the edges. If I don't match up two and sew, they won't last long in the wash....
My goals are just to not spend money. lol.
1. stop chewing my nails! I was doing so well the last 10 days or so (and even the last 2 months) but went through a horrible episode of anxiety over some life stuff and I'm a serial nail biter when I am anxious...so now I have no pretty manicured nails. The goal is to give my cuticles some love and make sure my nails get some attention so I can coax them back to life.
Hehe! Yes, I need help with your #1 too. I don't chew my nails, but I pick at the skin around my nails- like the cuticles and the parts that wrap around the nail on either side. I am going to try to hold off my goal of wearing nail polish until I can get those babies nice and moisturized and healed up. I'm using hand creams and nail oils and cuticle balms.
2) Post pictures in the FOTD thread to keep myself accountable on wearing make up and not using the same things all the time.
4) Start listing things for sale. I have a box full of brand new stuff that needs to go! Put all this $$ into savings.
Yeah girl, join me in the FOTD! I feel like such a ham since no on else is post, hahah!
Also, I really need to list things for sale too. I just had to spend lots of money on keeping my finances in check (contributed to my Roth IRA for this year, paid my car insurance for 6 months, and paid off my credit card in full.... all that togehter was $7,850!!!!! :excl:
So even for my allowable spending, I need to get some cash fast and start replenishing my savings.
As part of my friend's Biology experiment I will be getting 9 hours of sleep tonight so I am preparing to go to bed. I have completed everything I need to do today, just a little pre-bed pampering.
Not feeling too much of a need to shop because I just got so many things today, but I am panicking for unknown reasons right now which makes me want to shop as a distraction even though there is very little I am actually looking for. Instead, I am going to swatch my eyeshadows, apply some destress lotion, and get ready for bed. Typing all this out actually helped some too.
How did the 9 hours go?
What has helped me with the shopping anxiety is to try different things- go on a walk, watch something on netflix, flip through magazines and clip out images that inspire you, then paste them into a notebook, or read, or brush my dog's fur. Heheh it's not easy, exactly, but it does help ease those feelings.
Good one! This is one I need to keep on. I think eating a high-protein breakfast really helps keep our willpower strong and gives us lots of energy the rest of the day! For a good and super fast breakfast, I love this:
I am doing good on my to do list and was happy I got to go to a spinning class at the gym tonight even if I heard the worst ever music mash up. Guns N Roses "Sweet Child of Mine" and The Killers "Mr. Brightside." My brain is still scarred every time I think about it! Other wise the music was good and I enjoyed the class. Well until I wake up tomorrow
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Hahah, that music cracked me up. I don't know Mr. Brightside, but I hate Sweet Child of Mine. Yikes! Sorry to anyone who likes it, it just really grates on my nerves!!!! I'd love to do a spinning class one day. I think I'll try to join a gym this year! I love zumba but I've been running lately, but it's hard to keep it up with the crazy weather!
No shopping, but I did work on my inventory. I have 1 more drawer to do, plus my lotions plus whatever I decide to move out of my overpacked makeup box.
Good job on your inventory!!!
I used my bronzer as a crease shade today (why did I never think to do this?!) and it's the perfect warm shade without going overboard or being hard to blend... which makes sense, considering it's meant to go seamlessly on the cheeks...so it works gorgeous on the lid. I think I might have found a 2nd use for my bronzer and now it makes me shake my head at how much moolah I've spent looking for the PERFECT crease shade when all along I had it in my 2.99 NYC sunny bronzer. =|
I hate thinking of all the money I've spent searching for the perfect this or that, only to find something cheap from NYX or Wet 'n' Wild was perfect.
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