49. When shopping, only purchase what is written on my list
I know I said I wasn't going to "start" my list until Oct. 20, but I went grocery shopping on Friday after work (because it was payday, and I always go grocery shopping on payday). I decided to give this one a whirl...and what an exhilarating feeling! More than once, I had to place an item back on the shelf and remind myself that even though we might be "running low", I hadn't written it down, so I would have to wait to purchase it.
I actually ended up being almost $10 under budget due to my discipline, that was a wonderful bonus! And even though it turns out I really *should* have purchased more sliced cheese, because we were much lower than I thought, it was still a great feeling to only purchase items I had written down. But, I will be making a quit stop to a grocery store before Monday, or Jason's lunch sandwich won't have any cheese! (O:
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