Shopping!!

I have never been a huge shopper. In fact, I am the kind of person who prefers a list and goes in to get just what I need. I mean dont get me wrong, every now and then I will look around some but for the most part I just stick to what I am getting.

I am not really sure why this is- it could be a number of things. For one, John isnt much of a shopper either. So it's just always worked for us. I also didnt grow up with a ton of money, so I have always been super conscientious of what I spend. I mean, I usually feel bad for spending money on stuff that I need, let alone stuff I just want for fun.

Well, luckily I married a man that is also very careful with his money. As many of you know, I took the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace class and learned a TON about money, budgets, and savings. Between this class and John, I have become even more money savvy :D Now we have budgets for everything! Which means, I have money that I can spend on stuff that I need without feeling guilty for it. We also have something called a "blow budget". We each have one (not a ton of money in it, obviously) and can spend it on anything we WANT. My heart just doesnt know how take all of this! It's so nice to be in a secure financial place that John and I are able to have all this. We are very blessed :D

Why am I telling you all of this? Well, yesterday I found my most favorite store ever in the whole wide world. I went to a birthday party of a friend and stopped at her favorite store to get her a present. She lives kind of far, so even though shes told me about all the magic of this place, I hadnt been there yet. Well I stopped there to get her a present and good thing I planned on spending some time there! IT'S AMAZING! It's called Charming Charlie and it's FULL of every accessory you can imagine. AND it's all divided into colors. *sigh* my heaven on earth!

Well I knew I was going ahead of time, so I told John I would probably end up spending this months blow money there. and I did. and I got some super cute things! I have wanted for a long time to extend my collection of costume jewelry and this was the place! OF COURSE I got a matching red necklace and earring set:D The red section was the first place I went. Duh. I came out with a ton of new earring and necklaces- more earrings than necklaces though. I really like both, but I like earrings more :D I will have to point them out in pictures as I wear them.

I plan on saving my blow money up again and going there and getting some scarfs, shoes, a purse or two, headbands, etc. The best part of all is that most of this stuff is REALLY inexpensive, but doesnt look cheap.SCORE! :D That's what every girl wants, right? Anyway, I didnt spend that much at all and I still felt guilty buying it! I know I have the money, but maybe it's just ingrained in me right now still. Maybe it will go away one day? But hopefully, some of it wont because I always plan to be careful with my money and want to always feel grateful for it too. I dont think that will be a problem though :D

Anyway, today I went shopping again! who am i?! I wanted to get some new work clothes, since I always wear the same thing. I started with Target because John needed some things from there. I got really excited walking up to Target because I realized I had so much to look at! haha. I ended up starting my card collection, gift collection, and found some really cute things in the dollar bins. I also found some other awesome deals and got some stuff for our trip. Then I went Old Navy and got some clothes. They were having a great sale, so I also got John some new shirts. I didnt get a ton because Old Navy didnt have a TON of stuff I liked, but I did find a few cute things! I want to go to Ross at some point too, but the Ross close to us is awful and I didnt want to drive to the other one. But it was a successful trip and I had a lot of fun :D

Did I mention I went shopping today BY MYSELF!? That is also something I would have never done before. However, I like this new sense of independence that I have! and I really like shopping by myself. I dont have someone hurrying me along, I dont have to look at a bunch of stuff I dont want to look at, and I dont feel like I am wasting anyone else's time. I also just got to browse and look at things only I wanted to look at! It was AWESOME :D Of course I still felt somewhat guilty for spending money, but I know we have it saved in a budget so it's okay :D What a great feeling.

Anyway, I am SUPER excited to wear my new stuff and will do my best to take pictures so you can see it all :D I also know that Charming Charlie will end up with a lot of my money before I leave Florida. lol At least I will look cute!

and alas, I have found that I truly do like to shop. :D