So Spend Week Review.

A week of attempting to spend no money really was eye opening. I have an online shopping addiction. I can spend a HUGE chunk of my day shopping online. I rarely buy anything, but I love the shopping. I shop for everything and anything. I love it it and it is clearly a terrible habit. I get over 10 emails a day of different sales and deals I can buy. Then if anything interests me I spend a good chunk of time shopping the website of said deal. Some, I even leave in my inbox to shop again when I have more time.

We made it through the week spending only a little money and mostly on things we did not need. I went shopping with my sister in law on Thursday and thought I could resist the urge to buy something. I failed. Winners had my favourite brand of makeup. Winners never has my favourite brand of makeup. That brand of makeup is NEVER on a great sale. Therefore I had to do it. I have been using Joe Fresh cream eyeliner for a while. I kind of liked it, but I really loved my Smashbox stuff. So the eyeliner was a third of the price and then there was a lip liner and lip stick combo stick. I could not resist as this I feel is the key to my perfect red lips. Anyways that is me attempting to justify spending money. I knew if I did not buy it then, I would simply go and buy it on Monday and if it was gone most likely cry. Ok maybe not cry but at least pout. That is enough. I spent some money on some quality make up because it was on sale. I am happy about it.

Then Sunday came and the husband was tired of showering with a tub full of water so we bought some Drano. The tub has been clogged for over a week and because I did not want to spend any money I was attempting every natural form of de-clogging possible. Nothing worked so we broke down and bought some.

So mixed with the eye opening online shopping addiction, I also realized just how much food we actually have in the house. Our kitchen is small, but we did not even come close to depleting our supplies of pretty much anything but bread. This opened my eyes to the fact that we do not need to be buying so much food. This quantity idea will be easier when we have a meal plan for the week laid out, which has yet to happen and I need to get on that.

Anyways overall the week I found successful. I think we will definitely be doing it more often as it really makes a noticeable difference in the bank accounts and it was nice to think of things to do and such that do not cost money. I would highly recommend giving the no spend week a chance and see if you can do better than me (not hard I know).