Purchases: January

Oh goodness, this is a big one. I bought so much stuff this week! Got a little carried away, really. It was a mixture of all the post holiday clearance and my planned vacation. Yeah, for some reason when I plan a trip somewhere I get this strong urge to shop for it. Oh well. You'll see I also bought a few Spring appropriate items! Onto the goods! Oh, also, I decided not to include beauty products after all!

January Purchases:
$158 budget
-Target Mossimo Supply Co Khalea combat boots $34
-Target Merona sweater $24
-Target Merona Clutch $26
-DSW Wanted Amarillo Bootie $39
-JC Penney A.N.A Blouse $9 clearance
-Old Navy tank top $5 after gift card (again, Shopkick!)
-Old Navy Crew Neck sweaters $8 each on sale (actually got a green vneck and a blue crewneck one)
-Old Navy Fit & Flare Ponte Dress $10 clearance
-AE Hi Rise Jeggings $26 sale
-Alloy Pleather Leggings $14 on sale
-Victoria's Secret High Rise Denim Shorts $22 each
-Target Merona Keyhole dress $30
-Target belt $3 clearance
-Target Xhileration Textured Shift Dress $17 clearance
-AE animal print belt $7 clearance (no longer online)
-Old Navy shoes $10 on sale after gift card (thanks to using Shopkick!) in store only
-Target belts brown $ floral $7 (clearance no longer online)
-Target heart print sweatshirt $10 clearance (in store only)
-Target Merona pencil skirts $20 each (in store!)
-Target Sam & Libby scrunch flats $11 clearance (no longer online)
= $340 ($182 over budget)

So that leaves me $18 to spend next month. haha I might do some shopping while on vacation but that's probably it.

January Outfits & Purchases

2012 is off to a great start! January was fantastic.
Highlights:

• trip to WA to see family
• VooDoo Dougnuts (yeah, they were that good!)
• been vegan for 3 months now!
• my family coming to visit from Canada!!!
• my husband was pinned as a Sgt
• found a great new grocery store
• tried new restaurants
• losing more weight
• great gym workouts
• completing a 7 day juice cleanse
• new things

I have quite a few outfits from the month although the quality leaves something to be desired. Many were taken on vacation, some in much colder weather! I wore a lot of black bottoms...

I'm looking forward to February, I think it'll be a great month with friends, day trips and I hope to get a lot accomplished. My goal is not shop online at all and preferably not buy myself anything unless it is thrifted or part of a DIY project!

I'm updating this post because I had an idea. See, part of my 2012 new year resolution was to "consume less". A big part of this was to not only shop for myself less (beauty, clothes, accessories, shoes) but to avoid shopping online and try to thrift vs buy new. Well, I failed at that this month. I don't know what came over me! I bought quite a bit at the end of December so it feels like I bought more than I did but still, I ordered online more than usual! So the idea I had is that at the end of the month, I will take a picture of all my monthly purchases (just personal things not household items and such) and share it here. I think it will give me a better idea of how much I'm buying/spending. Not that I spend/shop a crazy amount or anything but I am still trying to cut back and make some changes. :) So that will be a feature at the end of each month for the entire year! Here is January...

Forever 21 dress (free with buy1get1), Forever 21 earring pack ($5.80),  elf cream eyeliner ($3), Goodwill shirt ($5), Goodwill belt ($3), Target dress w/ belt ($17) Goodwill sweater ($10), Victoria's Secret skirt ($9.99), Victoria's Secret shorts ($19.99), Fingerpaints Twisted nail polish ($5.99), Desert Essence face wash ($7), Shoe Ocean boots ($26).

Not pictured:  I got a free pair of Victoria's Secret panties with purchase/coupon. Also, a Scentsy My Wish brick ($20). They are discontinuing the brick size and it's my favourite scent so I stocked up.

Here are a few things that I did purchase in January but are still on their way to me.

Julep Maven February box $19.99. I should have cancelled but I couldn't resist these colours!

Rachel, Elizabeth and Oscar.

These Go Jane boots should arrive today! Impressive seeing as I ordered them late late Monday night! $26 including shipping.

I placed an order with Shop Lately. I bought a Plum District deal worth $20 for only $5. It got me $40 of stuff from Shop Lately. I spent $47 including shipping ($2.99) and tax. So I only paid $12 out of pockets for these items. And yes, you only get a little peak! They'll  be in outfit pictures soon.

January spendings: $190.76  (more than I thought!)
Total number of items: 23
Items thrifted: 3
Online orders: 6

See, I bought more and spent more than I thought! Can't be in denial with this new plan...  And yes, I realize some people spend/buy wayy more than this (some people, less!) but this is just for me and my new years resolution. I am not judging anyone for the way they spend their money. :)