How eager and naive I was, back on July 31st. It's been a mixed bag of austerity and definitely-not-austerity. In the former category, I've been making bread in the bread maker, eggs from my new hens, returning an impulsive July purchase, and I made my own tea on this day back to work instead of deciding I ''deserved" a Starbucks (will keep this up). In the latter, I have a huge bar splurge early in the month that was not money well spent (first glass yes, subsequent drinks, no). And there was an unmustachian skincare splurge because...I'm a sucker? So I don't know. Overall, I'd say I'm spending less overall than I have in a long time and my binges/splurges should/will continue to lessen. They have to because it's still 22 days 'till I get paid again.