So it is now "after September" lets see how my plan worked.
The only time I slipped up this month was with buying things for Anya. How can you say no to a beautiful girl with a SUPER HUGE TOOTHY SMILE!! hehe and all I bought was a Wiggles Balloon that is STILL floating around our lounge, a Wiggles Eco Bag and on Saturday when it was SUPER hot we had an ice cream. All Up I spent less than $20 in the whole month on Anya so I think I did pretty well.
Now if I'm honest I didn't actually save any money. I guess this is from buying more groceries. Because I'm eating at home all the time that is where the food goes, in my BELLY!! hehe But we have been eating healthier and all of the bills have been paid. And there is a VERY happy $164.00 sitting in our bill account ready to pay the up coming power bill and anything else we may need. This is where my bad habits start because if I run out of money, I dig into that account and I shouldn't because we need to have money in there to pay things such as the contents insurance and also if I need to see the doctor.
This month has opened my eyes to what "crap" I buy. Like do I really need more DVD's and Books and PJ's like I don't need all of these things. I need Anya and I to live a happy and healthy life and of course pay the bills on time. =)
So what did I learn....... I BUY CRAP THAT I DON'T NEED!!!
This is SO TRUE!! I just NEED to buy food and that is it. And maybe clothes for Anya, yes I need clothes too but they're not as important as Anya's. Like I'm losing weight (sometimes) and so my clothes are to big etc...... but I can get by. Anya on the other is GROWING and she needs new clothes for when she out grows her old ones and to be honest that is pretty quick. And SHOES!! Gosh those feet can grow!! But I always buy bigger so she can grow into things and we never buy expensive. If we shop at 'Cotton On Kids' we only get the on sale items that are less than $10, and otherwise we shop at 'The Warehouse' and 'K-Mart'. When T-shirts are CUTE and are less than $7 you can't say NO to that. And Anya doesn't care what shes wearing. To be honest all she wants to wear are her "PURPLE PANTS" as she tells me every morning and I have to deliver the bad news that she wore them yesterday and that they are in the wash.
So clothes for Anya and food in our bellies is all that we need. And a Fluffy for Anya when she makes me SO PROUD as a treat. I am pretty thankful that I have already got her Birthday and Xmas presents cos otherwise I think I would be screwed this month. ARGH!! Toys are WAY to expensive. I don't know how people can afford to have more than one child and to buy their kids anything and everything the want. Not sure how I'm gonna cope in the coming years but I think we'll get through. Especially cos My Parents have always got my back!!
