Comments on: It’s all the little things that matter in life…

By: eemusigns

eemusigns — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:08:24 +0000

I agree with you and QL girl! And once I’ve busted the budget, it’s like “oh, whatever, may as go all out. I’ll get this…and this…and this…”. It’s definitely not good! Thankfully I’ve never really been a shopaholic and I usually turn to food when i’m stressed.
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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:20:00 +0000

same with food.

if you journal, you're more aware.

if i start the day eating junk, i junk out ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!

p.s. thx for alerting all of us to your "trigger" concept .

By: QuiteLight

QuiteLight — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:39:00 +0000

I'm OK until I buy a "treat"… if I can afford one treat, my brain loses its grip & starts pushing to splurge left & right. Not outrageous splurges by most people's standards, but my budget's tight at the moment!

On the up side, I get my act back together faster each time.

By: Fabulously Broke

Fabulously Broke — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:38:00 +0000

Revanche: that is so cute! Give a mouse a cookie...

koko: I am too I think. When I feel bored or stressed I head to the mall. But now it's harder to GET to a mall so I don't bother.

Sharon-Rose: AGreed

Make do: And it can get boring too sticking to your budget... No highs..

hklover: I like the fancy coffees too, so I always get screwed!!!

By: hklover86

hklover86 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:33:00 +0000

i totally know how you feel!!
we have a starbucks in the same plaza as my work, and now i go there all the time because its RIGHT there. like if i dont have time to eat in the morning im like oh well ill get something at starbucks, to get like a coffee and some sort of muffin/bread type snack is like $6-8 dollars. (ok so i dont drink real cofee only those fancy caramel machiatto type things).
it can really add up! plus i hardly ever bring a lunch to work because we also have a few fast food options next door

By: Make Do and Mend

Make Do and Mend — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:34:00 +0000

Gosh there are so many triggers but most of them are due to emotions. Once you take emotion out of it, it is easy to stick to budgets and not spend money. I’m sure spending money is due to boredom or lack of fulfilment in some cases.

By: Sharon Rose

Sharon Rose — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Hi there-I think stress is a trigger for me!! I’m like, let me go thrifting for a couple of hours-it’s my wind down and obviously fatal if I see something I want too!!

By: kokostiletto

kokostiletto — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:37:00 +0000

my trigger is emotions. i am a totaly emotional shopper = if i had a bad day at work, or fight with friends – i just go out and buy the whole city!

By: Revanche

Revanche — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:12:00 +0000

Ooh! Trigger, yes!

I’ve known for some time that I simply have to deny myself. No little treats to get me from one tough time to the next, otherwise two hundred dollars later, I’m looking around like, WTH happened here?? Or I’ll get one little (big, whatever) thing, and suddenly the list of “I wants” are ten thousand leagues long.

Every time BF offers me something or says I deserve it, I warn him “remember, if you give this mouse a cookie ….”

By: Fabulously Broke

Fabulously Broke — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:33:00 +0000

Eneriyama: AH! I went through that last week! “I can wear that to work, SOLD!”

Ashe: I like eating out too except it takes up so much time and without a car, it sucks. When I get my car….. And i have no permanent friends here either so that helps

QL: OMG! Hungry/Cranky. I forgot about that trigger. I’d pay $20 for food at that point