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Post by jendela on Oct 9, 2014 4:19:31 GMT -5
I am trying not to make any discretionary purchases this month, however yesterday I bought a cook book at a local thrift shop. Yes, another cook book! I know, I really don't need to be buying any books, especially cook books. However this book is about cooking food that is able to be frozen, which is a skill I am keen to develop in order to support someone close to me who is ill. I am hoping to use the book to cook a new recipe tomorrow. If I don't use the book then I commit to returning it to the shop where I purchased it.
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Post by lostchild on Oct 10, 2014 20:53:37 GMT -5
Got prescription. And instead of buying a drink I didn't purchase anything. Baby steps!!
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Post by lostchild on Oct 10, 2014 22:28:14 GMT -5
Got prescription. And instead of buying a drink I didn't purchase anything. Baby steps!!
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Post by quietbird on Oct 15, 2014 4:00:16 GMT -5
I've given away bags and bags worth of clothes and will be giving away more. I simply do not want to hold onto clothes that don't feel 'just right' (ie so they're hardly ever worn) or hold stale memories. But now I don't have so many! Once I repair a few pairs of jeans I'll be in a little better shape, but I am looking to round out my wardrobe with easy basics I will likely wear a long time.
Recently bought on an in-store shopping trip: - tan camisole - stretchy red mini-skirt (faux brocade) - short long-sleeve dress, black with a pattern of white stars (if I decide the stars are too cutesy I might dye over them with Rit)
Just ordered online: - black long camisole - dark tan long camisole - dark grey sports bra - black v-neck long-sleeve shirt - black scoop-neck long-sleeve shirt - black mini-skirt - black pencil skirt - black leggings - black one-piece workout outfit
I'm grateful I'm able to buy these - to have the $, and to let myself buy them after not thinking I 'deserved' anything new for years.
Still on my list is a pair of sneakers (my old go-to of black Adidas Sambas), some sleepwear as I gave almost all mine away, and a blanket for my car. The latter two I think I will be able to thrift.
I'm very much looking forward to when I have a complete knowledge of what I own, and nothing just taking up space. Being able to get dressed easily brings such peace of mind...
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Post by dayeanu on Oct 15, 2014 12:19:59 GMT -5
quietbird said, "I am very much looking forward to when I have a complete knowledge of what I own..." This statement is exactly what I am longing for, not just for clothing, but for everything. I want to know exactly what I have, and where it is! This is my goal, and I am so looking forward to attaining it! As for acquisitions, I went crazy the last week of Mother's life. I bought anything and everything I thought would give her comfort or make her care better/more efficient. Baby monitors, food chopper, extra bed linens, towels, pillows, food...lots of things I never even got to open or use. Maybe.....if I can find the receipts.....I can return the unopened things. Then I went crazy buying stuff for the funeral. I went crazy the week after Mother's death, buying security things. Locks, locking chests, new hardware for my doors. I came to realize that some of my disorganization and inability to "keep up with things" is a direct result of not having good security and feeling (rightfully so) that I need to hide things to keep them from being pilfered. Some of it was needed, but I think I may have gone overboard. I won't know for sure until I actually get everything locked up that needs to be. I will be examining that issue of security in more depth on my blog. Now, I am back to trying to just buy only what I and DGS need.
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Post by lostchild on Oct 15, 2014 12:48:28 GMT -5
Dayeanu losing your mother meant you lost to the security emotionally and you have your daughter stealing from you. Those two situations are causing you to feel vulnerable. Use all the new ipment you need to feel better. Then take the rest back.Don't sign anything. I just have bad feeling.
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Post by dayeanu on Oct 15, 2014 16:08:49 GMT -5
Dayeanu losing your mother meant you lost to the security emotionally and you have your daughter stealing from you. Those two situations are causing you to feel vulnerable. Use all the new ipment you need to feel better. Then take the rest back.Don't sign anything. I just have bad feeling. Thank you, lostchild. I'm agreeing with you. Things are a little too quiet and easy right now. I may be paranoid, but I think there may be subversive/trouble brewing below the surface.
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Post by lostchild on Oct 15, 2014 23:23:11 GMT -5
I got exhubby to get hinges for door.He also bought dinner for kids who were dropped off by *** darn parents...said they'd pick em up in three hours...explained I have school deadline...showed up six hours later. He bought them dinner thank goodness. I got to do dishes.
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Post by papermoon on Oct 15, 2014 23:52:24 GMT -5
I got sooo lucky on Monday. In that one day I found the three items I had been wanting for a long, long time. All on sale for amazing prices. 1) "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens, in a beautiful hardcover edition, bound in burgundy red cloth with matching bookmark ribbon and gold edges, with illustrations from the 1850 edition. I love it! And the timing is perfect, as the Dickens Fair is coming up in five weeks. $12, marked down from $15 2) Donna Karan pajamas. I had been eying these for 3 months. $6, marked down from $40 3) The Perfect LBD... a Little (size small), Black, swingy-skirted Dress with 3/4 sleeves. $35, marked down from $170
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Post by Arid on Oct 16, 2014 2:57:20 GMT -5
Wow! Those are some great finds, papermoon!
Congratulations!!
Arid
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Post by lostchild on Oct 16, 2014 22:36:32 GMT -5
Purchased latch for gate. Purchased potatoes,milk,paper towels,a big ball furniture polish,gas for the car,sodas and energy drink and water.
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Post by angela on Oct 17, 2014 0:32:29 GMT -5
I bought myself new bandanas to replace the ones with huge holes in the middles. I've had these for years. I think I got my 99 cents of use out of them. Also bought myself new underwear to start replacing the old ones I got last year. I had hoped the ones I got would last ok but they look shabby and have developed holes. At the same store (Target) I bought a soft yellow snuggly throw to replace the fleece blanket I had gotten in a dumpster dive years ago. When I sit up in bed and read I like a small blanket to put over my front and shoulders. And a teal hoodie in knit material. I might take this back. It's cute but it is a bit shorter than I am used to. Also printer paper and legal size envelopes. I had run out of paper and didn't have envelopes. I need these things for notification type letters next week.
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Post by papermoon on Oct 17, 2014 1:03:42 GMT -5
I bought a very chic, very soft knitted beret in black, now that the evening wind is kicking up fierce and ruining my hair. I leave home with perfectly straight blow-dried bangs, and after a few minutes in the wind they've blown into wingy curliques on each side... so my bangs end up looking exactly like the roofline on a pagoda.
I've been hunting for something soft that wouldn't mash my hair flat, and that wouldn't blow off my head. This little beret should do the trick. $10, marked down from $20
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Post by lostchild on Oct 17, 2014 18:06:23 GMT -5
Nothing today so far! But depends what happens.
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Post by angela on Oct 20, 2014 15:59:18 GMT -5
More yarn. But..it was half price and I have a use for it..and the other was another skein from a local spinner/dyer that I love.
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