LOL!
You guys are too nice! Where are the facepunches????
All right, yeah, I didn't go wild and crazy, but I did exhibit zero self-control. I said "neener neener neener" to the frugal thoughts in my head and just got what I wanted when I wanted it.
I will let myself off the hook now, but trying to be conscious of what led to that - the thought process is something like "I'm busy and I'm tired and I deserve to have someone take care of me for a change." The problem is that I'm busy and tired way too often to succumb to that line of thinking, which is a big factor in why I have CC debt in the first place. Throwing money at problem/feelings to make it feel better temporarily doesn't work in the long run.
For me, this exercise is all about mindfulness in spending, and making reasoned choices, and trying to find alternative ways to meet my needs.
Anyway! On that note, re home stuff shopping, especially with a new place, nottoolatetostart, could you pick a particular area that you want to fix up, or a particular need that you need to fill, and set yourself a challenge to do it with X dollars, or at the lowest possible price. There's a home decorating magazine I used to read ages ago, Style at Home, that has a High/Low feature, getting the same look for more or less money:
http://www.styleathome.com/decorating/subsection/high-or-lowNow, their "high" priced version is usually shockingly high, and their "low" priced version is laughable (i.e. not really low), but I could totally see taking a picture from an ad, or a magazine (read at the library or in the supermarket check-out line) where you go searching for the items to create a similar look, shopping at thrift and budget stores. So, you choose a look you like, and then go searching for just the right table, mirror and baskets for a staging area near the front door, or whatever. Could be kind of fun!
edited to add: Oh, and mongoose - too funny, you posting in March and me posting in February, both hoping to slip under the radar! Didn't work though, did it?!?