2019 No Buy Year – Three Months Gone

I’m sitting here, staring at the tiny calendar in the bottom corner of my laptop screen. The date is March 30, 2019. We’re just about through three months of this year. I do believe I can officially call my No Buy Year a fail.

1. Urban Decay Naked Reloaded
2. Jeffree Star Cosmetics Blue Blood
3. Huda Beauty Topaz Obsession
4. MAC Fix+

Four eyeshadow palettes that I definitely didn’t NEED, but totally wanted and could not walk away from no matter how many times I closed out the page and told myself, “I don’t need it.” Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty didn’t help. Having gift cards didn’t help. My inane need for Completionism didn’t help.

On the flip side, I have sold a few items in my Poshmark closet. So, it kind of helps and offset the price of the newbies. I’m not letting myself feel like a failure, though. No one wants to go through an entire year, let alone a month or a week, telling themselves that they’ve failed or are a failure. I’m just changing up the game. No Buy is now Low Buy. I think it’s much more feasible and gives a lovely leniency to the slip-ups I’m bound to endure through the rest of the nine months of the year.

Judge all you want. Hell, I judge myself. Still, it could be worse. I could’ve bought absolutely everything I come across that I want. *Coughs* There is still the Urban Decay Game of Thrones collaboration that comes out in a few weeks and I honestly don’t feel like I can resist getting something from the collection. I also don’t want to stop myself.

There’s a difference here, folks. Can’t… I’m an adult and I sure as hell can do whatever I want. I just need to make better choices for myself. Works with this same as it works for a diet. There is no Can’t.

No Buy – Days Five thru Seven

So… yeah. I forgot to post anything for the past few days. It was the weekend and I was being super lazy, not to mention cleaning, organizing, and doing some medical billing for one of my part time jobs. I like to think, despite my feeling like a failure a few days ago, I’ve done remarkably well.

Side note, all day while I’m at work, I come up with cute quips that I tell myself I’ll add to one of these posts. It’s yet to happen. Brain dead after 5 PM seems to be my general way of life. I’m trying!

Today, I spent some money, though. I ordered a wall mount for my TV so that when the handyman comes over, I can get him to put it up which will free up some shelf space on my current TV stand. I’m kind of excited about that, and the fact it only cost twelve bucks. I can’t argue too much about that. I also ordered a scale. My old one died somewhere along the way and I swear it keeps telling me I’m getting old instead of my weight. And, I’m -trying- to lose weight (I think about it all the time, at least), so a scale that actually works will be beneficial. Finally, I ordered some nail files and buffers. I have all this gel polish, soak off kind, to use… and no files to scratch it up to finally soak it off. I feel like it was a practical need. Maybe. Either way, I can justify all these expenses as not entirely frivolous, which is the exact kind of spending I’m trying to curtail.

FYI, right now, MAC Cosmetics has these Monochromatic Bundles (or something akin to that). I want the Velvet Teddy collection so much. That’s my jam. Neutrals but gorgeous, shades I can wear at work and anywhere else. Ugh. It’s very tempting to log on to the site and place my order. SO TEMPTING. I don’t need it. I don’t need two more eyeshadows or another blush. I certainly don’t need another lipstick or lipgloss. I DON’T NEED THEM. But I want them so bad. Grrrrrrrr!

NEW GOAL:

My friends and I are making it a goal that some time during the month of April this year, we are going to have a little vacation. Probably in Charlotte, SC. The specifics haven’t been fully planned out yet, but that’s the plan. We figure it will be loads cheaper than Dragon*Con in September (not that it’s off the table), so if Dragon*Con ends up being a no-go for a few of us, we’ve at least gotten to spend some time together and having fun.