Well, the month will officially be over after tomorrow.

I've saved a little less than I wanted to with the money transfer from checking to savings, but my bank account looks a lot healthier than it did before, so it was still a success.

I missed my shopping excursions, but also found out that I can cook (the *healthy* cooking challenge comes next month) and have a lot less junk in my house for it.

We're going to try to continue with some of our new habits of taking lunch to work and not ordering out as often as we had been.

Today's been fun! Julia didn't have school today, and we had her conference this morning, which is a really good way to start the day. From there I took her to the 99 cent sweater sale where she picked out several sweaters she did NOT need! Then I got three for Kate, and they are all Talbots Kids (orig b/w $65 and $80), and look brand new. Of course I found seven things for myself, as they have many tops marked as "sweaters" which really are just knit tops. Even my Spring wardrobe is now complete! Anyway, then I took her out to lunch and bought bagels at Bread Co. for us to have over the weekend. All told, I spent $47. It's a gorgeous day, and we'll go to pick up Kate soon. I don't think we'll spend any more money this weekend, and Monday Julia and I are planning some sewing, so I think I'm in the clear until at least the middle of next week. Certainly until March 1st! On Sunday I'll go back over what I've done this month. I certainly didn't do the No Spending I'd thought I might, but I cut my spending easily in half. The interesting thing is, I haven't given up anything at all! I have been helped out, in this regard, by the ridiculous sale prices showing up so early in the season. All in all, I'm happy with the way the month went, and the changes I've made, and plan to continue to try to cut down even more in March.

I've been pretty good this week outside of dr copays and medication.... oh, and buying lunch yesterday.

I guess I've just not been in the mood to shop. I've made an effort to delete any incoming coupons via e-mail as soon as they come in so that I'm not tempted, but I now find myself with a Gap savings card and a 25% off coupon. They are still both still valid into March, so I'm planning my shopping ahead...

Well, my husband just brought down dinner (frozen pizzas that we already had in the house), so I'd better go eat.

Can't stop thinking about the sweaters. And by that, I mean, I hope I can get more tomorrow! Is that bad?

Spent $18 today on sweaters. Nothing else, though!

FYI, I'm over the whole cooking thing.

Went to the store with things to return and a list of a few things to buy. I ended up spending about $35 over the amount of the returns. Not a lot of junk though -- various foods and things we "needed" that were on my list. That's it, though! I feel good about it. It would be better if I hadn't bought anything. Today reaffirmed the idea that I simply need to avoid trips to the store. Perhaps I need to make running lists and shoot for shopping only one or two days a week, Tuesday and Saturday perhaps? It helps that all the major sales are pretty much over. They're either literally over or so picked over that they might as well be. :)