Shopping Ban - 1 month later
It has been one month. That's far less time than my inspiration spent in a shopping ban (see prior post with book link – 12 months…and then another 12 months). I feel like in some ways I succeeded and in other ways I must confess that I did not. However, I did learn a few things. Here are my takeaways from the last month and some inspiration to keep going: 1. Starting a shopping ban during the same month as “prime day” is a bad idea. – I will admit that in the past, prime day at our house was a whole event. There were years that I took off work and sat up shop at a desk near Scott’s office and we would work together to get the best deals possible all day…just to see if we could. It was a game for us to get the best bargain out there. But I’m learning that just because something is on sale, does not mean you need it. This year was vastly different. I did have an item I wanted to get my daughter for a birthday present, and we did purchase a smart screen we had been wanting for...