TTOTDINTB: noise cancelling headphones. Maybe I won’t need a she shed or a bigger house if I have these. I am very auditory - noise is hard for me to ignore, and I get overstimulated by too much In the back ground. Going to put them on my birthday list for my wife to buy. My birthday is 4 months away so by then we will see if I have lost interest.
The point of this for me is to be super aware of buying things. And only buy things when I have closely considered other possibilities.
That would have been fun!
I didn’t shop today and I have nothing I want to buy. It’s like they are related somehow.
Contemplating replacing uncomfortable thin leather backpack straps with more comfortable webbing straps and even found a cute one on etsy for $60 that the shop owner would make to the length I want, and then I tried changing how I looped the existing strap and may have solved the problem without spending a cent. [I reserve the right to buy the straps if the problem resurfaces on my next commute+laptop]
Hah. I had only one plant for years, a snake plant that I could totally ignore for weeks at a time and it still looked the same. But I didn't take my own advice, and caved to the cute little plants at the hardware store, and now I have 7 that all have different requirements. Plus, I'm not home for a stretch of 10 days a month. What was I thinking? I do like them though, and I'm hoping that as they get bigger they'll require less care, because the soil won't dry out as fast. But is definitely not simple.
It's impossible to kill a mint. Those things will survive nuclear war. Just don't plant it outside if you don't want it invading the whole yard.
Well, it depends on what kind of mint you have. If it has runners, it’s possible for it to send ones out that will attach to dirt. But likely it will be okay. I had a chocolate mint that started out a little thing in a pot, but once planted into the ground, grew into a shrub in 3 years. I loved the smell, but it started sprouting between patio blocks, so I had to take it out. And this was with -35C winters.
It is interesting to me that changing my mindset regarding spending money can have an effect so quickly. The days I set out to spend Zero dollars I am not remotely tempted by stuff, but once I have spent money on anything, even groceries, my grip on it loosens. That is okay though, because often I deny myself simple things (see above, kitchen tongs) that make life easier, and now I am giving myself permission to buy the damn thing, especially if it is on my List. This weekend it was the purchase of a pair of small secateurs for pruning. My husband has 2 pairs which are too big for my little hands, and these new ones (made in Germany, ergonomically sound) feel just wonderful. I waited 10 years to buy them, what an idiot!!I hear you. It’s amazing how much my resolve loosens after an initial purchase, and how much easier it is to control spending when I don’t buy anything.
This morning I drifted aimlessly around a couple of op shops (I'd already bought my son a new pair of school trousers at the uniform shop so...) before I snapped myself out of it. I currently need nothing and the time would be better spent knitting a new pair of socks, reading one of the half-finished books lying around the house and having a nap.
It is interesting to me that changing my mindset regarding spending money can have an effect so quickly. The days I set out to spend Zero dollars I am not remotely tempted by stuff, but once I have spent money on anything, even groceries, my grip on it loosens. That is okay though, because often I deny myself simple things (see above, kitchen tongs) that make life easier, and now I am giving myself permission to buy the damn thing, especially if it is on my List. This weekend it was the purchase of a pair of small secateurs for pruning. My husband has 2 pairs which are too big for my little hands, and these new ones (made in Germany, ergonomically sound) feel just wonderful. I waited 10 years to buy them, what an idiot!!I hear you. It’s amazing how much my resolve loosens after an initial purchase, and how much easier it is to control spending when I don’t buy anything.
This morning I drifted aimlessly around a couple of op shops (I'd already bought my son a new pair of school trousers at the uniform shop so...) before I snapped myself out of it. I currently need nothing and the time would be better spent knitting a new pair of socks, reading one of the half-finished books lying around the house and having a nap.
Not sure if I belong here either! My city flooded 2 weeks ago and everything touching the floor was destroyed. Including the kitchen, the flooring, the bathroom vanities, etc.
So far we haven’t bought that much (4 dehumidifiers, insulation to replace what we cut out, anti-mold chemicals.)
We did order a mattress, which was a mistake, but at the time we thought we needed it to move back in the house. We ended up borrowing some surprisingly comfy old mattresses from our in-laws. I would have rather bought a new one after we finished sheet rocking and painting.