Shopping Ban: Week 21

Well, this was the last week of my shopping ban, since I decided to end it with the New Year(for now).  I really wish I had some good pictures of what I bought this week, but unfortunately, they haven’t arrived in the mail yet. I had $21 in ban money left.  I bought a lovely [...]

Shopping Ban: Week 14

This week I had a huge haul of awesomeness.  I had a total of $36 in ban money available and $20 in free money. I made  a trip this week to a boutique near where I work.  That job is wrapping up soon, so I wanted to visit and support this shop one more time, [...]

Shopping Ban: Week 13

This week, I had $14 left from last week, plus $15 for this week.  What did I buy? Simply Pretty button ring from ShopKim $8 I’ve mentioned several times that I’m lacking in the ring department.  I am also very, very drawn to purple lately.  This ring satisfies both those needs.  I love the nice [...]

Shopping Ban: Week 12

Would you believe that since starting this shopping ban 12 weeks ago, this was the first time that I made it to a thrift store?  Clearly I need to go thrifting more often, because there were some great finds.  I had $7 of free money and $30 of ban money to spend, and I think [...]

Shopping Ban: Week 11

Striped Cotton Pajama Pants  $13 (Target) I realize that this is certainly not the most thrilling shopping ban post ever.  But I’m sticking to my budget, I didn’t have a lot of shopping time this week, and this is what I bought.  Somehow, between last winter and now, I managed to give all my long [...]

Shopping Ban: Weeks 9 & 10

At the end of week 8, I had $15 in free money left.  To that can be added $50 of free money for October, plus $30 of ban money for two weeks.  Let’s see how I spent it. Lush Brown Hornet Dress: $36 The day before my trip to California, I stopped at a boutique [...]

September Budget

For those of you who have been following my blog for awhile, you know about the budgeting ups and downs I have been going through.  Now that I’m working full time, I’m still having to really watch how I spend, because I’m not in a permanent position yet, and thus money is still very tight [...]

Shopping Ban: Week 3

Fluid Movement Top in Dark Gray  $58 I still didn’t spend any of my thrifting/Etsy/vintage allowance this week, so I’ll be saving it up and hopefully get some awesomeness on Etsy.  There will probably be a post soon debating what I should get. Per my shopping ban rules, I am allowed one $50 free day [...]

Shopping Ban: Weeks 1 & 2

(Note: I technically considered my shopping ban to have started August 9, hence this being weeks 1 & 2) If you remember, last Saturday I mentioned that I have decided to undertake a shopping ban. This is mostly because 1) I’m not making a ton of money right now, but have a lot of student [...]

Budget Confessions

(photo by me) If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you may know that I’ve been trying to stick to a budget since January.  For a recap, go read my Spring Update and Summer Update. I have a confession to make.  Despite creating this budget and “trying” to stick to it, the fact of [...]