I said I didn't want to be frugal with this tax return (which BTW we keep as small as possible by claiming like 20 dependents or a bunch anyway, but overtime is taxed at a much higher rate, and he works a LOT of overtime)
OK so back to how irresponsible I am being.
1. bought a new entertainment system, IKEA generic, not top of the line, but affordable black and simple, all qualities I like.
2. bought new hats for everyone in the family. I always wanted a new hat and gloves and easter dress every easter as a kid, but never got them (why pay for something you will only wear for an hour a year?) Well this year I told JC I would buy her one if she wanted (just the hat), and happened to see a perfect one for EL, and one for me (though much less girly, cowboy with green beads) AND UE and GMC wanted one, though not girly of course. So we found an adorable armyish hat for GMC, and UE looks absolutely honestly AMAZINGLY adorable in a black fedora (I think it is a fedora anyway) so I spent good money on hats when we all have perfectly good if not so cute hats at home...but man were they ever cute in their hats on the way home!
3. organizer boxes, in pretty colors. Normally I think of function when it comes to organizing, and an old shoe box is just as good as a storebought box and hurts less when it busts..but this time I wanted matching, and a dozen of them. So I bought them.
4. Ate out twice in two days!!!! (all that stuff had to be shopped for, and unfortunately took two days.) yes I spent two days and not much to show for it, hard to find something worth paying for.
5. I tried and failed to buy new curtains/blinds for the kitchen and my sons room, I will keep looking.
6. chocolate, a new dark chocolate to try (not bad) some chocolate peanutbutter fudge eggs (easter bad habit) and the shrimp GMC asked for.
I am now about 2/3 of the way through the designated waste fund of the return, and I plan on buying a desk to match the entertainments system, plus possibly a few more boxes to organize, the curtains, and then I will be done and go back to not spending much of anything for months.
In the mood to spend
March 23rd, 2009 at 05:41 pm
March 23rd, 2009 at 06:25 pm 1237832754
Here's a test question that helps(sometimes):
If you did not have the refund, do you like all of these things enough to save for them?
The urge to re-design your space is very familiar at the change of season, especially spring and fall.
Oh, and not everything needs to match - it can co-ordinate.
March 23rd, 2009 at 07:44 pm 1237837462
still need the bins?
March 23rd, 2009 at 07:49 pm 1237837790
I fought the urge to re-decorate the house awhile back (too much HGTV!). DD10 just said to me (after seeing a carpet commercial), "Aren't we getting new carpeting in here?" My honest response: "That was before we needed to repair ther roof."
March 23rd, 2009 at 08:02 pm 1237838520
March 24th, 2009 at 03:55 am 1237866902
March 24th, 2009 at 06:20 pm 1237918848
In this case I would save up for the new living room system, but prolly wouldn't have gotten the new boxes.
Hats, they are for sun protection (and mine is only half girly, not much of a girly girl here) so half waste half worth it.