I used to be a shop o holic. I would even buy more than I could afford.
I stopped when my son passed away. Shopping wasn't fun anymore. It still isn't. I didn't always buy for him but he loved everything I bought him and was so appreciative. Now I just buy what we need and although once in awhile I might buy something I can't afford, I rarely shop till I drop anymore.
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"Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibity."
I was and am. When I was working full time for the National Guard, I was bringing home 1,100 every two weeks. That's really good money for a 20 year old. However, I paid my bills with it, everything that was left I went shopping with. When I got bored, I went shopping. When I saw something I liked in a magazine, I went shopping. When I was upset, I went shopping. When I stopped working for the Guard and took a 500 dollar biweekly paycut, I continued my shopping habits. Hence the debt that I have now. I still have to watch myself.
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~Nichole~
~wife to Zac~
~mommy to Wesley~
~mommy to Maggie~
Nope. I like to shop around the holidays but that's about it. Yesterday I saw a cute little summer purse in a flyer and I have been thinking about buying one, so I packed up my dh and forced him to come with me to the store. When we got there the purse was not what I thought it was, so I just walked out of the store. My dh thinks I am nuts we had just crossed two town lines to spend 5 minutes in a store and came home with nothing. I guess it just goes to show that there is no impulse buying going on around here.
I used to be but now I've changed my ways.... here what mine said:
Your a window shopper
You know that shopping's a blast, but you prefer to save your money. You hardly ever give into an impulse buy, unless it's a total steal. You've always got the most money of your friends - and you never have to borrow. And you've got a nice wardrobe too ... of classic pieces that last years!
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~TRACY~*
Wife to Roberto since 5/2/98
Mom of 3 - DS: 19, DS: 18 & DD: 13
2 dogs: Jack (Jack Rusell) and Murphy (Shipoo -Shi*zu/Poodle mix)
DEBTS:
$505.68 Home Depot
$1468 - Citi Cards
EF: $300/$1000
MY BLOG oneprimgirl.blogspot.com MY SITE handmadenetwork.com
You know that shopping's a blast, but you prefer to save your money
You hardly ever give into an impulse buy, unless it's a total steal
You've always got the most money of your friends - and you never have to borrow
And you've got a nice wardrobe too ... of classic pieces that last years!
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*~Sue~*
*Pay off Goals for 2006*
CC#1- $492.26 (PIF 1/06!)
CC#2 - $1764.53 (PIF 3/12/06)
CC#3 - 2240.50 (PIF 6/25/06)
CC#4 - 2564.95 (PIF 8/05/06/)
Student Loan - $4920.49 (PIF 2/20/07)
~Trying to pay as much as possible by year end!~
We are working Dave Ramsey's TMMO
Started: 12/1/05-$55,186.55
As of 8/05/06: $34,845.64
Total paid off so far: $20,340.87
I came out as a window shopper, as well. I've never been much into clothes shopping, and a lot of the questions seemed to revolve around that. Now ask me what I'd do in a hardware store, and my results would have been dramatically different!
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DH aka Mad Hen
EF fund: $0/$2,500.00
March grocery: $0/355 March no-spend: 9/15 2010 Lose-A-Pound-A-Week: 8/12 (146.8 - 138.8)
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The Resident Queen Of Clutter!!!
EF fund: $0/$2,500.00 
March grocery: $0/355 
March no-spend: 9/15
2010 Lose-A-Pound-A-Week: 8/12 (146.8 - 138.8)
2010 Reading Challenge: 8/100 
2010 Recipe-a-Month: 1/12 
2010 Veggie Recipe-a-Month: 2/12
Run/walk challenge: 26/520 miles 
2010 Skill-a-Month: 1/12 
2010 Project-a-Month: 1/12 
Fling 2010 in 2010: 415/2010
Total debt (with mortgage, HELOC, and 2 cc's): Nov 2009: $302886.42
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