NoJoMo #26 I think I have a Problem

$200 isn’t that bad of a budget for Christmas, is it? Meaning $200 per child.

That’s what I thought when I first started out with this holiday season; I would spend $200 per child plus stocking stuffers, so it would work out to about $250 per kiddo and we wouldn’t be completely overboard.

That was before Lalaloopsy came out with bedding. And a ton of new dolls. And a bunch of new stuff. And it all cost $20+ per.

John made me sit down and write everything I’d bought so far. And how much it cost.

Needless to say, I blew my budget. And it actually makes me feel a little ill. I still can’t make myself stop spending.

Usually, when a person knows they don’t have the money to buy something, they stop. Not me. Normal people know if they can’t afford to pay for something, they shouldn’t buy it. Not me. For all of my attempts to pay off debt, I still can’t stop spending money.

John and I had a long talk about everything, because we’re on a slippery slope with these stupid dolls, and now he’s wanting to buy GI Joes for Connor, which is another expensive collection. If we want to ever be able to take a vacation, we need to stop spending on things we don’t need.

Debt is not our friend.

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