January 31

Tonight I am grateful it is the end of the month.

Turns out, I don't love thinking about money.  I'm not particularly frugal, and I find it depressing to budget.

Was it an excellent exercise for me to try to be more mindful about my spending?  Certainly.

But I hate to do things I am not good at.  So enough of this.

I am happy to report that according to my daily savings estimates, I saved a total of around $380 this month.

If that is true, I am wondering why I don't feel a bit more flush right now.

I suppose I need to think about just how much LESS flush I'd feel, had I not saved $380 this month...

I am not sure that this 30 day challenge has been a real game changer for me.  I am not sure that I did anything all that different from normal, actually.  I did not develop any amazing new bargaining skills, nor happen upon a way to drastically change my lifestyle.  I think I may have slightly reduced my "go ahead and just buy coffee this morning" habit, so that's good....And there were a number of days where I did survive without buying anything at all.

I think those are the days to take forward.  To carry the realization that I can in fact just NOT buy stuff.  I can, in fact, just NOT go into that store.  I do not, in fact, really need anything I do not already have, the vast majority of the time.

That said, I am off to price and purchase a Dyson.

I'll let you know how much I save.