Day 1: No Buy Challenge List Of Things I Wanted To Buy

Don’t worry, I am not going to list my insane impulses here every single day. In fact, I am hoping I will just “get over” it in a few days.

In case you don’t have a clue what I am talking about, you can read about my No Buy March Challenge here:

So anyway. My timing on this challenge is questionable. We just moved back to our house after being away for six months due to a work thing. Long story. Don’t want to talk about it. Oh man, I am home! Yes!

There is something about stepping away from your environment and then returning to it that gives you a whole new perspective. I was able to see areas that were in need of some serious work. Clutter here. Dust there. Why is that wall so blank? Do I really like this furniture configuration?

With cleaning, reorganizing, and redecorating, comes…shopping. Yikes. Not a good time for me to not be buying anything. This is for my own good right?

In addition to all of the normal human thoughts and feelings around this, I am in a delicate mood. Work burned me out. The move back finished out the ashes. Then a few extra family dramas sprinkled them into the wind.

I can’t tell how much of my little impulses are normal and how much are my unhealthy coping mechanisms in action. Either way. Let’s do this. I kept a mental note of every time I wanted to buy something today.

Here it goes

• Screens — you know, the little screens that go on the lids of a jar so you can more easily sprout seeds? I realized I wanted to sprout seeds again and I no longer have the stack-able sprouter I use to have. I went as far as to find them on Amazon and then I talked myself into being reasonable. You don’t NEED them to sprout seeds, c’mon.
• A can of paint — We are going to be painting the kitchen and living room, but I had resolved to do it in April. Yet, sure enough, there I was thinking… “What if I just painted one wall right now?” Sigh. Find something else to do, lady!
• Disney World annual passes — I mean. I’m really upset and just want to go to Epcot and ride Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind because it makes me happy. *Cries* It’s fine. This is another thing I can and should wait on, but today it seemed like maybe a good plan.
• Wall socket covers — Yes, I have them already. But. Not cool ones? Jeeze.
• Tickets to Greece — hahahaha Now you know it is true, I am crazy. Seriously though, we have been planning a January 2025 trip to Greece and I couldn’t get through brunch without looking up the tickets and thinking about cashing in on the savings of booking insanely early. It is fine. I can wait.
• Dirt — I’m doing yard work. We live in Florida where our yard is mainly made of sand. So, buying dirt is a real thing. I have plenty of other work to do before I take that plunge though. It is cool. I transplanted our very sad and neglected Avocado tree. Cross your fingers for the little guy.
• Stocks — In the past, I have scratched my consumer itch by investing. While it is well intentioned, it is still a purchase and a gamble. It can wait.
• Euphoria — I was on pinterest making some meal plans when I came across food mixed with herbal supplements and I wanted to buy some of my own Euphoria. (This is an affiliate link. I have literally never made money from Amazon affiliate marketing, but every now and then I still link stuff because…what if? Am I right? The irony of suggesting you buy something on a No Buy post. Classic.)

I think that is it. Of course, there are still some hours left in the day so who knows.

I’m a bit ashamed that this is a thing, but there are worse things out there. I could be white knuckling my way through drug detox instead of arguing with myself on the merits and wisdom of visiting Disney World while trying to save money.

Thanks for reading. If you are taking up the challenge, let me know how it is going for you!