This Is Much Harder Than I Thought It Was Going To Be

I have made it through the first week of my own personal torture and it hasn’t been easy! Doing normal things is much more difficult when you can’t really buy anything other than life necessities. Such as, I was at Target today (you know my normal every other day activity) shopping for groceries when I drifted off to look at other non essential things (like always) when I came upon the cutest spring outfits for dogs. Without given it any thought I picked up not one but four shirts for my little one, Gizmo, an adorable shitzu.

Gizmo is just like his momma, being that he absolutely loves clothes. Now when I say this, people will tell me all the time that I am crazy and that if he could talk he would tell me he hates being dressed. But then I have to tell them he loves all his clothes and loves getting new oufits! He will personally pick out what he wants to wear, especially when I pull his clothes out from the dryer. He will dig through them and then pick up the shirt he wants to wear in his mouth and drop it in my lap. He also has rain/snow booties that he likes to wear out so that his paws don’t get wet when it’s raining or snowing. If he doesn't have them on, he won't step foot on the grass if it's wet. I mean it’s absolutely nuts when you really think about it, but I guess you have to look at who taught him his habits, ME!

So back to the story, I picked out four shirts and put them in the cart and was walking away, when it hit me. I can’t really buy any of these; I mean is this considered shopping? After a few minutes, I realized that I was breaking the rules and decided to put them back. I guess if I can’t have new clothes, Gizmo can’t either! So walking off I got the rest of what I came for and made a run for the checkout line before I could get caught up in looking at something else I can’t buy. I made it out of there only spending $35, which is cheap considering I normally spend $100 plus each time I go to Target. Not to stay I didn’t find things I wanted standing in line…like the US magazine. I really need to know how exactly Vienna tricked Jake from the bachelor but just as I was about to reach for the magazine my phone started to ring and it was my best friend Tawny She asked me what I was doing and when I told her where I was she asked “ Stacie, what did you buy?” I told her only food but rattled off that I wanted like 5 magazines but didn’t spend a dime on anything other than what I came for. So after a few minutes of talking with her about important topics like reality TV, I completely forgot about the shirts and magazines I wanted during my Target adventure.

Even though I made it out of Target safely, I know that this is only going to get harder as I get deeper in this challenge. I mean, I have already started thinking of loopholes to get myself through the next 11 weeks. Like I wish I had a birthday coming up and I could put together a wish list and have everyone just give me a gift of things that I really want. (Side note: This is a very good idea in general, registering for my birthday. I will know exactly what I am getting and never have to fake excitement again!) I also started thinking if there is anyone out there that owes me money, but came up with a big ZERO on this one. I must surround myself with very responsible people because not one friend or family member owes me any money. I thought if they did, than they could just go to all my favorite stores and get a gift card for what they owe me. That way I can shop, because my rules never stated anything about NOT using gift cards. Which is a great thing because I still have 6 gift cards from Christmas that I haven’t had a chance to use yet, so I am going to prolong the use of them until halfway through my own personal hell.