stopping-shopping

My back is a lot better so I was able to go out at lunchtime today and have a bit of a browse in the shops for the first time this week. I was very restrained but found it a constant struggle to talk myself out of purchases. I'm needing (yep actually needing) a new pair of flat summer sandals something like mock birkenstocks or havaiana flip flops. The problem is I'm hard on footwear, I destroy cheap shoes in a matter of weeks and so it’s a false economy to buy £6 sandals from Primark which I'll shred before the summer really arrives. I have seen a lovely pair of white leather flat slip on mules in M+S but they are £35 and I can't afford them...so I walked straight past. I have previously sworn off toe post sandals as I always find them very uncomfortable, in fact I remember two summers ago throwing every pair of flip flops in the house out after developing a painful blister. Allegedly havaianas are the pinnacle of flip flop comfort and longevity, a forum I frequent...

Splendidly non spendy weekend. Saturday: went to the nearby children's farm with rare breed animals with DH, DD and DG ( dearest grandpa aka my Dad). DG paid for our admission and treated us to ice creams! DD fell in the playarea and did no harm to herself but as I picked her up I felt something horrible happen to my back and I'm now in a lot of pain. I talked to my Dad honestly about my "problem" and although he isn't entirely convinced that it's an addiction he was very supportive and didn't get angry. He got a little judgemental but I told him "yes I've been stupid" and "no I wasn't thinking of the long term consequences, but I am resolved to sort this out once and for all" It was the right thing to do I think, the more people who are supporting me, the harder it will be to slide back into old habits. DH and I went to the cinema on Sat night with DG babysitting...we may have spent a lot on ice cream, in my defence it made my ...

Today I am sorely tempted to stray from the path of nonspenditude . About 6 weeks ago at the start of my latest binge I ordered 2 bedside tables from a UK catalogue company ( littlewoods ) for £69 each. Today they were delivered while we were at work. I had been meaning to cancel the order and got as far as ringing littlewoods on Tuesday but the call centre must have been on lunch because a nice recorded message told me to try later. So cancelling slipped my mind and here they are in all their flatpack glory. I have to call Littlewoods and get a collection number and then ring the shipping company and arrange a collection and I would much rather just keep them! I'm rationalising like a mad woman: " the money has already left the bank" " we need new bedside drawers" ---we totally do! "£69 is a very good price and you have been looking for nice bedside drawers for ages " ---the past 8 years actually! But the cold, hard, inescapable truth is that we ca...