I realised this week after a trip to a shopping centre that I no longer see shopping as an event; a day out, a fun experience; It's now a job on my to do list.
I have about 30 items of clothes at the moment, a mixture of summer and winter and this amount works perfectly for me in the UK climate. However with a holiday to Portugal approaching and seven days of 27-30 degree heat I knew that I could do with a couple of extra vest tops...hence the shopping trip.
In the past I would of pencilled in [my diary] a whole day to look for new holiday clothes; I would have got some lunch, bought some coffee, bought some stuff I didn't need....generally spending a small fortune on my credit card; nowadays hubby drops me off outside, I run into the store, grab the tops, pay with cash and then run out again; it works for me lol!
Doing it like this means I avoid any extra temptation and is a good way to shop if you're trying to stop spending and get out do debt yourself; don't allow yourself to get drawn in to spending money.
What little things do you do to avoid spending money?
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This is exactly what I need to learn to do, I still regard going to the Mall as an opportunity to look for things I might like to buy, and no trip would be complete without a coffee and cake.
ReplyDeleteI like thrift stores (which I actually mentioned in a recent blog post) because they allow me to buy classic styles after someone else has paid the full price! Otherwise, I'd spend a lot of time in malls trying to find the right stores, then maybe settle on an item at a reasonable price. I can buy half a dozen items at a thrift store for the price of one relatively inexpensive item at a mall.
ReplyDeleteI may have to try your "park and grab" tactic though. :)