Here's the breakdown:
- $75 school shoes
- $95 school uniform purchases from school shop and Big W
- $45 quilting fabrics (7 pieces from ebay and a length of ribbon from spotlight)
- $50 quilting bag (from Kirrily at Nice Knickers on ozebaby)
- $14.88 Organic t-shirt for me from Big W
- $17.86 Organic t-shirt for DH from Big W
- $20 Mr Men T-shirt for my Dad's b'day pressie Big W
- $20 Two egg cup & spoon sets from small local shop for b'day pressies for the boys next door
- $17.50 taggie blanket for gift for baby of my ex-babysitter, from Loopy Loo ozebaby
Total - $355.24
Well, no so bad for a former consumerholic I guess, and a better total than last month. Still, I reckon I could do better. I really didn't need the quilting bag (although I love it to death and I'm happy I bought it) and I'm bummed about my spend-up at Big W - I really could have thought of a better pressie for Dad than a Mr Men t-shirt and we really didn't those need those organic t-shirts I bought either. Curse that impulsive spending!!!
Well, in a bid to challenge myself further and totally shackle my spending from here on in, my March challenge is.......drum roll........another drum roll......I will not buy anything made in China. That's right. Nothing made in China. Not only for March but for THE REST OF THE YEAR!!! Gasp!!!! Can I do it??? I'm not sure but I sure as hell am going to give it a red hot go.
By the way, in case you were wondering how I went with the February challenge (no tissues) I was cruising with no problems til I got a head cold, then used all my hanky stash up in one day and lacked the energy to make new ones, so regressed to tissues. Oops. Am back on the wagon now though as my cold has disappeared. Yay!!
