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Easier said than done!

Ok I just wrote this wonderful, feel good blog about being better and balancing myself. Wow, that is easier said then done. What the heck! I have been trying to be a good and "balanced" person but it's hard. I have kept my word about not going to a mall or anything like that but this online stuff is killing me. I signed up for ebates.com and thought it was a crock but it is a real website and I have already earned money but that's beside the point. I have stuck to my budget and my husband asked me why there were less gifts under the tree than in prior years. I told him the truth. I made a generous budget and have stuck as close as I can to it. It is amazing how much I have spent in the past. I usually just go off and buy whatever I wanted and never really paid much attention to what I have spent. Now I am paying attention and I am shocked! I will not disclose what I have spent in the past but it is significantly more than I have spent this year. I thought that I HAD stuck to my budget in previous years but I was wrong. I actually went over some of my old statements (3 years worth) and didn't realize that I have NEVER stuck to the budget I made myself.

Now my husband is encouraging me to spend more. Yes, you heard correct. He wants me to spend more. Although I do LOVE shopping I am torn between being true to my new resolution or do what feels natural and spend, spend, spend. I guess I am one of those spenders and not a saver. He has suggested not breaking my resolution but amending it to balance another part of my life. Again, I am torn. I feel like I would be betraying all that I am trying to accomplish if I did that. I am not too sure what I will do and am procrastinating in order to perhaps limit my spending. So what do you think (all three of you that read this blog)? Should I go ahead and spend and chalk it up to holiday spending only or should I stay true to my new resolution and just stop while I'm ahead? Would my family, who is used to getting a lot for Christmas, be upset or disappointed or will they support me with MY resolution and understand? Am I imposing MY personal resolution on everyone else and thus not being fair? So many questions and internal struggles that I am at a loss. There are 11 more days until Christmas, I will keep you posted on what decision I have made on December 26 cause I won't know until then either.

Until next time....

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  1. AnonymousDecember 12, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    Stick to it! Then book you and hubby a fantastic date night and enjoy!
    Mine don't get a lot at Christmas, or at least not as much as some and they are always shocked at 'how much they got'. I like to think it takes more thought to pick out less gifts and they usually have more meaning :)

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