I couldn't believe it! I ran to Costco tonight after work to pick up cereal, tP, lunch meat (the stuff I stock up on there) and as we were packing stuff in the van, 5yo ds started talking about wanting to go to another store to get a toy. Usually if he is well behaved I get him a little something ($1-$2). I quickly thought of the Disney thing and explained to him that we were saving for our Disney trip and wouldn't he rather spend that money at DW.. and to my surprise he said YES!!! We spent the trip home discussing things he could buy at DW with that money!
I'm gonna keep this up since it worked so well.
I'm gonna keep this up since it worked so well.
I was shocked!! And of course what I was buying wasnt really something I needed so I walked away. He walked away feeling proud of me and I walked away feeling proud of him. Having my liltle voice of reason has really helped me cut down on my impulse buying 