LOVELY LIVING : OPERATION MINDFUL CONSUMPTION

Last night while catching up on some blogs I read, I reached this post by Seventeenth & Irving that really peaked my interest. Interest turned to curiosity and curiosity sent me to this lovely blog (called Modern Eve) where she had done the same thing. Her post really dug deep into my heart and encouraged me to take this challenge as well.

This is basically a revelation in my life. I am just like Mrs. Katie Anderson! I will purchase something on impulse, usually beauty products, and come home to find that I already have something just like it or will never ever use it. I cannot tell you how many times I have promised myself (and my mother and even friends) that I would stop buying makeup. I mean, I'm not going out and buying NARS on any given Tuesday, but even excessive amounts of drugstore products are pretty expensive. If it's in the clothing department it is usually something way too trendy or not a good color or I don't have any shoes to coordinate with it. My biggest problem are books and DVDs. I am a movie and television junkie and have serious problems with buying movies and t.v. show seasons just so I can watch them and determine if I like them. I know, RIDICULOUS. But since I don't have netflix or hulu I do this instead (thankfully I have loved everything I have bought since I do thorough research about these things).

But anyway, my goal is to stop buying and cluttering up my life with unnecessary things. I am twenty-two for crying out loud! I shouldn't be spending like a teenager with babysitting money. I am a woman that needs to start saving and investing in timeless products and clothing pieces that I know will get me through the long haul. And with this I will explain the grunt of this challenge.

At the beginning of every month I will post a list of all the things I purchased that month. Including all the things I shamefully took back because of all my said reasons. Needing to hold myself accountable I may even post how many times I eat out a month because that takes a large sum of my money as well.

This is not some sort of "bragging expedition", but a snap back into reality. I need a healthy dose of embarrassment to wake me up from la-la land. If I were honest I don't even know what I buy half the time because I go to Target, which is a bad idea in the first place, to buy some makeup removing cloths and come out with about thirty dollars worth of other junk. WHY!? What is the point!?

So with the end of this ramble, I tell you that I am looking forward to my progress but definitely not looking forward to everyone knowing about all my shameful spending habits, my Mother especially.

And I challenge you with this as well! If you are doing this challenge let me know in the comments! We can save together!