halfway

I'm proud to say I've done really well so far this month in the no-spending arena.
Other than the few things we had already planned on buying with our garage sale earnings, I've only had one non-grocery shopping excursion:
I went to Target.

I know. Spending suicide, if you ask me.

But I had to go; we'd been talking about getting SJ a new car booster seat for the second car and Target had the one we wanted on sale ($15 --score!!). So I went and grabbed that and got a few grocery/household things I needed to cross off my list and didn't even look through clothes or shoes or anything else tempting.

Okay, I did buy myself a Pumpkin Gingersnap soy candle that smelled soooo good. And was feeling guilty about it all the way home... but that guilt melted away when I lit it in my kitchen and realized how long it had been since I had a really great smelling candle and it just made the afternoon feel so cozy and happy and I decided it was a wise purchase.

I also popped next door to Michael's to replenish our running low for way too long poster paint supply for some kids' crafts. I just can't make it through a holiday month without kids' crafts! I spent $4 on four huge bottles of tempera paint. Score again!

So, we're halfway through the month and I've spent approximately $16 on non-necessities.
*$31 if you include the non-necessity luxury of having a second car seat. Which for $15? How could we pass it up?
Pretty good, no??

Anyone else not spending this month?