Spend Nothing Month

I'm on a personal spend nothing challenge for the month of June. I made a ridiculous amount of money in tips last month and I blew through just about all of it. I sat there with my little spreadsheet and tallied up how much money I had spent in each expense category and I suddenly felt ill. I felt like I ought to be ashamed of myself. But I didn't even realize it when I was spending because it was like $30 here, $50 there and so on. Those little amounts add up. Last weekend I had my last hurrah and got it all out of my system on the 31st.

So no more shopping or spending unneccesarily this month. It's just hard because I usually just see something I like and if I have the money (or want to spend it rather) I buy it and that's that. There are quite a few things that I've seen or thought about buying but I can't so I'm anxious for the end of the month to come so I can get them. I'm hoping that since I had to wait so long I will have forgotten about the item or won't even want it anymore. So far so good. I didn't buy anything this week. I did return a dress that I bought last weekend and ended up getting a pair of shoes instead but that doesn't count since it was an exhange.

I'm curious to see how much extra money I'll be able to save over the course of the month. Maybe if I do well, I'll be able to keep it up and pay all my cc's off earlier than December as I planned... Wish me luck!

Currently Listening: Usher - Here I Stand