The Rules and Reasons

Let me breakdown the rules so that everyone (especially me) knows just what the hell I can and can’t buy over the next 90 days. I know I touched on this briefly before but just want to clarify to everyone, you know just in case you have the itch to join me on my crazy journey!

Things I can’t buy:
· Clothes (there’s a no brainer)
· Shoes (sigh)
· Jewelry
· Purses
· Books
· Magazines
· ITunes ( yes I put this on there because I am a dumbass who buys my music instead of stealing it like, I guess, the rest of the world does!)
· Movies (going to and renting…lifetime here I come)

So basically, I can buy anything that is a necessity to live (like food)!

The other questions regarding the going out/drinks/dinner part, how can I say this politely….YES I can still go out to eat/have drinks etc. I am not taking a 90 day challenge from life, I am ONLY not doing any shopping for the next 3 months. There is a BIG difference people! I am not trying to put myself in a comatose state; I am only trying to make myself not such a compulsive shopper and to show myself that I can do this. I can…I know I can! Don’t I sound convincing?

So there you have it, the rules. Now another question I have been getting is, “what exactly it is I want to see come out of this 90 days of torture?” Just had a conversation about this with some co-workers and to tell you the truth I am not 100% sure what the end result/goal, whatever you want to call it, shall be. I guess you could say I need to learn discipline when it comes to my shopping habits. I don’t think buying 5 of the same tops just because I can’t decides what color I want is a good thing. You could say going shopping just because I am bored and walking out of the store $500 poorer is a good thing and then turning around the next day and purchasing another $250 online at Victoria Secret. I look around at all my clothing and I am in disbelief that I have so many clothes that I have never worn, still have the tag attached, and have been in my closet for over a year. So, let’s say I want to:

· See how much money I can save over the next 3 months
· Learn to have discipline
· Control my spending (not fun at all)
· Learn that I really don’t “need” everything that I “think” that I do.
· Realize that I can wear the same outfit twice ( this will be a hard one)
· Last but not least: prove to myself that I can keep this commitment.

So there is a start to some of the questions I have gotten thus far. I am only on day 3…so far so good!