And, just like that, No-Buy July ended.
I don't even have a decent excuse. I didn't even try particularly valiantly to resist the lure of consumerism. Very, very poor of me. I have the sneaking feeling that I am one of those personality types...you know, the one who is drawn to doing something only when they are not actually supposed to be doing it. In which case, a Go-on-a-mad-buying-spree July would have been more apt.
Anyway, Pat and I went shopping today, ostensibly for new work shirts for him (he wasn't bound by No-Buy July's rules), and ended up buying three big bags of tea from T2 and two pairs of shoes and a pair of thongs (in winter. I know) for me. I reasoned that the tea was consumable and thus within the No-Buy July guidelines, but the footwear was new. And amazingly cheap - $34 for two pairs of slip-on boating-type shoes and a pair of Champagne-coloured Havaianas.
Okay, that's my confession. It's pretty sad that I found it so hard! Here are the things I'll take from this little episode:
* keeping one day a week a Buy-Nothing day - not even food. This means I'll have to be organised and make sure we have the things we need in advance, or go without;
* not buying takeaway hot beverages;
* not buying bottled beverages;
* I'm going to attempt to keep a one-thing-in, one-thing-out rule. If I bring something new into the house (food and basic toiletries being the exception), I need to take something out - old clothes to the op-shop, other useful items to charity, etc.
These, I think I can manage...
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4 comments:
Don't feel too bad- I've done the same thing when I've tried to abstain from shopping. Why are there the best baragains to be found then?
I do the taking something out of the wardrobe when I bring something in, am very familiar with the donation people at the local op shop!
Well you tried hard! It's nearly the end of July!!!
Good work for 3 weeks of buying nothing, and thanks for keeping me company!
What excellent new techniques. And the no buy experience has given you a lesson you'll use to create new spending habits in the future!
@Aneets: it's like some cruel, universal law! Always, always the best bargains pop up when money is lacking/one is trying to save.
@Eco-Chic-Mummy: I'm sorry I was such lame company!
@K.Line: my spending habits are like a virus: they mutate and adapt to whatever conditions they happen to be in...
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