Showing posts with label spending hiatus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spending hiatus. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Spending Hiatus

I really, really want this jacket. With the new running season quickly approaching, and my knee slowly healing, I really, really want new running clothes. But why? I have 3 drawers FULL of running gear for all weather, -30 to 100, rain, snow or shine. I'm learning to appreciate what I have and spend less time thinking (or looking at/for!) what I don't need.

Over the weekend I did a bit of research on my bank account and how much I spend and where. I realized that even though over the past year I have been doing much better with not spending money on things like going out to eat or shopping, I still do well over my necessary amount. Well, thank goodness for this spending hiatus then! With the month being over half done, I have spent less than half of what I have been spending in a normal month. This is even with buying new running shoes...which some might think is not a neccesity...but it is. My current shoes are WAY over on their mileage and with training for Grandma's Half Marathon starting as soon as my MCL heals, they were a necessity. Now that I am consciously thinking about every purchase I make (thanks to making myself blog about it!), I am spending nothing on unnecessary things!

Overall, so far so good. We'll see how the rest of the week goes. :)

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Simple Decorating

My built in shelving unit was in dire need of an extreme shelf makeover but this is difficult when your 2009 goal is to go on a spending hiatus and only buy necessities. Luckily 2 heads are better than one. When Karley saw my collection of random jars and vases along with white stones she directed me to this DIY project on Design*Sponge via Craft Stylish.

The designer, Kayte Terry, used this as a table centerpiece with cute acorns filled with felt. Adorable. And resourceful! And perfect for my shelves! I already had the jars, stones and cardstock paper, all I needed was the sticks straight from Mother Nature. I wanted to put fabric behind the shelves and luckily I had a $10 gift card from my big sister so I only had to spend $3 on this entire project. Here is how it turned out...




I absolutely love how it turned out! It makes me want to stay at home and stare at its beauty.