In this article, I have found that there where several spending habits that I was involved in but time brings about a change. I use to be an impulsive buyer but since the economy has taken a turn it has affected the way my family spends money carelessly.
I did see some of me in the creature of bad habits. I noticed that we were spending money eating out but didn't have money for things that we needed to have it for so as a mother I went to war because having money to go to work became a priority and not a pleasure. We improvised on eating out because we were lazy and know one wanted to cook or clean the kitchen.
My family now bargain shop and use coupons when we go to the grocery store and when we go out to eat.
As a compulsive shopper myself, I also found the article to speak very clear to me about over spending. I also found myself not being able to spend as much money as I use to when I went shopping since I was about to move to another state and I needed to save money until I found a new job. I definitely realized that I had a problem spending and even felt bad for how much money I have thrown away on things that I did not even need and I now ende up throwing out during my packing process or just giving away. Now I go out with a list of the things I actually need to buy that way I don't just overspend on things I did not need on the first place, also this helps me a lot when I go grocery shopping that way I don't go all over the place picking unwanted items which is what I used to do.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of an impulse buyer myself, as much as I try not to be. Sometimes I find myself grabbing something off the shelf or clicking to add to my online cart because I have one of those "Ooh! I want that!" moments and afterward, I always kick myself for doing so. I'm glad you mentioned fast food, because that's another one that tricks people. Instead of going to the store, so often I find that people just shrug to themselves and say something along the lines of "Well, McDonald's is cheeper than buying a bunch of stuff I have to take home and cook." Unfortunately, therein lies the deceit of it. All the fast food buying as opposed to going shopping once or twice a month adds up very quickly. And since no one I know of saves their Big Macs, etc. to re-heat and eat later, because it always winds up soggy, gross, and virtually inedible. So, whatever food isn't eaten goes to waste, along with the money spent on it. I've done it to myself countless times and always wound up kicking myself for it when I would look at my bank statements or look in my wallet later.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I have to compliment you on the honesty of the "because we were too lazy and no one wanted to cook or clean the kitchen". I respect the honesty, since I, myself, am often the same way.
Although I understand where you are coming from to do with impulse buys, I tend to not be able to go out and buy things on impulse now a days due to the economy dropping but when you do get money in you do tend to want to spend it. Expecially if you went without any money for a while then you get a huge chunk in. You tell yourself that you are going to spend it wisely then you go grocery shopping and see all this food that you could get for your family and you start filling that cart up till you get to the checkout line and BAM! Your total comes to almost $400 and you think, "Oh my gosh, what did I buy?". Or you go to the mall and you see something that you would love to bring home. My problem isn't material items as much as animals. I like buying reptiles and when I get a good chunk of money in I usually tend to buy a lot of them or supplies. So I understand completely about this subject.
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