disneyofcourse
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I've decided to make this year different so here goes....
I stopped eating out on Dec 28th and so far I've gone from spending about $150-200 a week to about $65!!! I've also started using coupons which has saved me about $5-8 per shopping trip.
I stopped spending money at the mall every weekend. I'm still able to go every weekend and just window shop and get my *Fix*. Every time I don't buy something I'll come home and transfer $50 into a savings account with seems to be the minimum I usually spend at the mall. I've been thinking to maybe up that amount to the actual amount of something I would have bought.
Target trips have stopped after the final Christmas clearance days! I promised not to go to Target until I actually need something like Shampoo. With that said I also promised myself I would buy enough bottles for two months to avoid trips to Target.
I also started to make lists every time I go to the store and won't buy anything that wasn't put on that list. Its amazing how that keeps me from going into other parts of the stores.
I stopped eating out on Dec 28th and so far I've gone from spending about $150-200 a week to about $65!!! I've also started using coupons which has saved me about $5-8 per shopping trip.

I stopped spending money at the mall every weekend. I'm still able to go every weekend and just window shop and get my *Fix*. Every time I don't buy something I'll come home and transfer $50 into a savings account with seems to be the minimum I usually spend at the mall. I've been thinking to maybe up that amount to the actual amount of something I would have bought.
Target trips have stopped after the final Christmas clearance days! I promised not to go to Target until I actually need something like Shampoo. With that said I also promised myself I would buy enough bottles for two months to avoid trips to Target.

I also started to make lists every time I go to the store and won't buy anything that wasn't put on that list. Its amazing how that keeps me from going into other parts of the stores.