I Know You Want To Know About My Shopping

For the month of January I made a commitment to myself and to Josh that I would not do any extra shopping.

I made sure at the end of December that we had enough essentials (Shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toilet paper, diapers, wipes, etc...).

Each week Josh gave me some cash that I could use for gas, eating out, or any temptations that I could not resist.

Then the only shopping that I did was our grocery shopping. We set an amount for each week and I stuck to it. (We shop online at Lowe's, so it was easy to see the total of my shopping cart. This works great for me so I can omit things we don't really need.)

I have to say that I am pretty proud of myself. I went to the mall and did not spend one cent. I did go out to eat a few times, but I used the cash and did not pull out the debit card. By the end of the month I had saved almost all of the cash that Josh had given me and had only spent gas money and $8 on a Target run.

Now, with all that said..... January is over, and I had to go shopping.

Really, I had to!

That day that I was at the mall I had Alyse's feet sized. That day she was wearing a size 3 shoe. The lady told me that her feet were measuring size 5.5 or 6. Oops! I knew that they were a little snug, but they really did not seem that bad.

So my first purchase was at the shoe store. (They were buy one get one half off, so I think it was a pretty good deal.)

I also discovered over the month that Alyse had no black hair bows. This was something that had to be fixed! So I went to one of my bow getting places, and bought one. Well, one black one, and 4 others that I thought she might need. :)

Then I decided to do a quick Old Navy run. I got her a few little things there too. I mean, she needed something to wear for Valentine's Day, and the cute pink sweatsuit was only $8!

I almost didn't get her these cute Valentine's pjs because I could only find them in 12months. (I normally buy her 18 month clothes.) However I read the back to check the weight/height table, and it said that they should fit her. They do! (For those of you who don't know, Alyse will be 2 next month, and here she is wearing 12 month pjs!)

Finally, look at these cute "boots" (that she picked out herself.) I had to get them and the raincoat to go with them. (SO can not wait to watch her play in the rain!)

Really, I know that it looks like I went crazy after the spending freeze, but all of this was only about $100, and I had saved that amount in cash, so really everything came out pretty even.

Plus I got my shopping fix, so I have decided that I can do the whole no shopping thing again for the rest of the month. I can do it! February is a short month!