Comments on: Lessons Learned From a Four Month Shopping Strike

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:05:04 +0000

I decided to go on a 6 month “no shopping or eating out” challenge. I have been a clothes hog, for the last 30 years. Believe me I have 4 closets of clothes and over 100 pair of shoes. And every 3 months or so I go thru my closet and give away alot of things. I admit shopping has become my hobby and also my entertainment. But it is not as bad as it seems, I shop mostly in thrift stores and I found some fabulous things. Since I devote so much of my time to shopping, I had to find something to do with that time. So for the next 6 months: More time spent in the gym and home cooked healthy meals (to finally lose that extra 10 lbs), work on projects in my home (painting), spend time learning more about finances. And I also want to find a way to derive income from my thrift store hobby (consignment,ebay, maybe a blog or something) I live in Houston TX and I know all the places to find great deals. For example, I have about 20 cashmere tops, I paid less than $4 for each. And tons of designer things.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:03:51 +0000

I decided to go on a 6 month “no shopping or eating out” challenge. I have been a clothes hog, for the last 30 years. Believe me I have 4 closets of clothes and over 100 pair of shoes. And every 3 months or so I go thru my closet and give away alot of things. I admit shopping has become my hobby and also my entertainment. But it is not as bad as it seems, I shop mostly in thrift stores and I found some fabulous things. Since I devote so much of my time to shopping, I had to find something to do with that time. So for the next 6 months: More time spent in the gym and home cooked healthy meals (to finally lose that extra 10 lbs), work on projects in my home (painting), spend time learning more about finances. And I also want to find a way to derive income from my thift store hobby (consignment,ebay, maybe a blog or something) I live in Houston TX and I know all the places to find great deals. For example, I have about 20 cashmere tops, I paid less than $4 for each. And tons of designer things.

By: Jb

Jb — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:04:24 +0000

Good work SingleMa! I just decided to go on a “no shopping for 2009″ plan, seeing as I already have plenty of clothes and don’t need any new ones. Nice to hear that someone else was able to go ‘cold turkey’ for 4 whole months…someone who enjoys shopping as much as I do. :-) Wish me luck!

By: April

April — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:26:51 +0000

Hi Single Ma,

First off, congratulations on your strike. There is no way in heck I would be able to do that :) I’m sure you had to bear down through a lot of holiday sale temptation.

Second, I am so grateful that you found inspiration in my lil’ ol’ blog! I started my blog as something to do after the kids went to bed. Thank you so much for stopping by. You blog is great also and I’ll be back!!!!

April – The Penny-Pinching Princess

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:14:21 +0000

JC penney wants me to shop there–sent me a $10 off certificate.

But I looked at all my clothes and really I’ve got enough to last till 2015 at least.

So I decided to not go shopping, even with the great sales.

The real question is, once we get rid of our shopping addictions, what do we do with our time? That is an interesting question.,