I started this no buy thing months ago, just to save enough money for my upcoming trip. And that actually somewhat helped, and i didnt even spend all my money on that.
Then virus happened, and i tried to buy only necessities, just because i was unsure what will happen with my job.
But as soon as i knew everything about work will be ok, i started to splurge on whatever i wanted and ok, most of those things i actually use and some of them i always wanted to buy, but never bought, because they were expensive and i could live without them. But some of those things i bought, just because they were on sale, or cheap, not that i really needed them.
I know that we dont know what will happen in near future, but we have trip planned for next year, and i want to save some money for that, even if i'm not sure if we were able to travel, but that is something to look forward to.
Shit sometimes happens and you need money.
And Christmas is coming, and even if we dont spend that much on Christmas gifts for each other, i still want to have budget for that.
My buying way too much takeaway coffee habit is little bit better now, but thing that doesnt help is my work is so close to coffee shop i like, and sometimes when i take my lunch break i really crave coffee.
At least i dont spend money on clothes as much as before. Maybe sales arent that good or i started to buy only things that i really need.
I had some fails - ordered summer shoes, that supposed to be very comfortable and long lasting, and they were on sale, but sadly they give me worst blisters on places where i never had them, but they are really comfortable, but cant walk far in them. That's why one of things i want to get this month is new summer shoes, maybe they will be on sale.
Things i need to spend money on:
1 birthday and 1 name day gift.
Sandals , cause i dont have any, and maybe i still can find something i'm looking for on sale.
T shirt i really wanted and it's finally restocked.
New regular ear phones, because mine sucks and charges out way too fast, and drains my phone's battery!
Things i just need to stop spending money on:
Ready to eat food. We finally have fridge and microwave oven at work , but i'm way too lazy most of times and buy something just so i dont have to make something at home. But i have food at home. Yes sometimes i dont have time to cook after work, but not always.
Things i dont need but focus on what i really need!
On my next post i'll share my plan how i'll try to achieve my plans!
Do you have any good suggestions that could help me?
I need to save
money for upcoming trip, so I can see something in Prague. After checking
prices, looks like it’s quite expensive city, but there is some things I want
to see, because I never been there. We are going there on the first week of
March but I’m getting paid later than that and sometimes at the end of month
there is so little money on my bank account.
I don’t necessary
need money for shopping because we bought cheapest plane tickets and you can’t
put a lot things in hand luggage, but I need it for sightseeing and hotel, and
coffee (yes I’m treating myself with Starbucks :D).
But there is still
some things I need to buy and I hope I can buy just them:
Need new jeans – either
I can’t fit in those I have, I sadly have gained weight since August (it’s
combination of my not soo good food choices and meds) or they are not weather
appropriate (too much holes/ripps). But I can buy them on sale!
I need stick or
roll deodorant – can’t take my regular one. I’ll try to find cheapest one,
because I don’t like that type of deodorants.
My concealer is
running out and since I don’t have any backups, I need new one.
Last time my
biggest problem was coffee and overspending on food items, just because I craved
them not necessary needed them.
As it goes for
food – I’ll try to take food from home when I have longer shifts, and write
list of things I need to buy and focus on list. Maybe make some daily budget
for food, if I’m lazy to cook after work for next day.
But with coffee I’ll
have some biggest problems!
Saw that my
grocery store and stores near me stopped carrying instant coffee 2 in 1, that’s
without sugar. Cant drink those with sugar, they are too sweet and tastes like
sugary drink not coffee. I usually buy few packets of instant coffee mix and I drink
that at lunch break when I don’t want to go to coffee shop. I could mix coffee
at home and then just add water at work but sometimes I want to drink it on my
way to work. I don’t want to buy coffee and creamer and leave it at work. So I have
to figure out this somehow.
I’ll finally use
my reusable coffee cup tomorrow, better later than never!
This month I have
already bought 3 coffees and spend more than 8 euros! Had very stressful week,
and if I had time for lunch breaks I would spend even more than that!
As well bought
some things I don’t really need because they were so cheap. Sometimes I just
cant not to buy something, because I think I need it and price is so good, I need
to work on that too!
These are my plans
for February. Hope i wont fail!
I kinda failed at this,
at least partly, but I’m not gonna give up!
I haven't bought new
makeup items all January. Little bit cheated on this, because I had name day,
and as gifts I asked for few products that I was running out and really needed,
so I didn’t needed to buy anything new.
But can I go to
store and buy only the thing I need? Yes I can! Bought hair die and left store
with 2 packs of it and nothing more, that surprised even me! :D Usually I buy
more than I need, and sometimes I even forgot what I needed and bought
something else instead.
It doesn’t mean I don’t
want to buy new makeup things, I just tried really hard.
But not gonna lie,
I’m planning to buy things I need online. Can I buy just the few things I need,
not something more, especially if I haven’t
tried that product before, but that will be March problem! Because, in February
I need to save money for my upcoming trip. Its just for 3 days, but its before I
get paid, and I want to be able to afford to go to museums and see things in
place I haven’t been before.
Have I saved money
– not really!
·I had some medical
expenses this month – I have chronic illness and my meds were running out and I
had to buy them- sadly for me, even with my special prescription (because I have
worst form of illness and I need meds daily they are little bit cheaper), but
still they are very expensive.
·Bought some unnecessary
things just because they were on sale and were cheap – do I really needed 3
bags for 1.99 each ?!
·Spend way too much
money on food – I really need to stop overspend on this. First two weeks I really
tried then I just decided it takes too much time to cook at home after long
shift and why eat at home if I can buy something on my way and sleep longer.
·And coffee – I really
failed!
My coffee, I’ll
call it addiction, really failed me.
I’m not sure I even
tried to stop buying takeaways. Maybe for week but that’s it. As right now I spend
almost 53 euros for coffee. Had few free ones because I had spent so much
money. I even have more than 9 euros on my coffee card , so I can get more free
coffee, but I had even more than that.
Maybe 53 euros isn’t
that much for you, but that’s a lot (depends where you get your coffee from, it
costs less that 3 euros here, I don’t usually buy more expensive ones).
And some coffees
were cheaper, because I had discount, but not anymore, because my favorite
coffee shop closed! That’s sad , because coffee were very delicious!
And my reusable
coffee cup is still on my desk in it’s original packaging, I’m not proud about
this.
I’ll continue
doing this in February as well ! I’ll update you on what and how ill try to
accomplish it on next post.
I always spend way too much
money on takeaway coffee, on makeup I don’t really need but I want to buy. New
makeup is exciting, there are always so much new exciting things to try, new eye
shadow palettes in same brown color you already have loads of but not exact,
new lipstick in same color but different brand i already have. Basically I over
spend on makeup that I most of time don’t use or I have multiple of same
things, like I have more than 8 eye shadow palettes, more than 5 liquid lipsticks I don’t really
use right now because they make my lips to dry especially in winter, and many
more things like that.
And coffee, I love coffee, and
take away coffee is so delicious! Whenever I go somewhere with my brother I always
ask him to drive me to my favorite gas station for coffee, andsometimes I buy coffee on my way back as
well. If I’m sad or work pisses me off, I buy coffee in both of my lunch breaks.
Im even siting at coffee shop right now :D
But this gets very expensive.
My goals and why I want to try
this:
I want to save money, because
sometimes at the end of month there is nothing much left till I’ll get paid
again, so I cant even save anything.
Use up things I already have. I have way too much things I don’t
use or not gona use, cant use because I have so much of them. To be honest in
morning I don’t have time or need for lavish makeup looks, because I go to work
and you don’t really need full face of makeup with everything!
Makeup goes bad and I don’t want
to throw almost unused things out, it’s wasteful and I will never use all of
them up on time or before I want another new shiny thing. Sometimes I don’t even
like things I bought. I don’t need to buy something because its on sale or just
cheap, because I bought it when I was bored and browsed multiple online stores.
I pay for monthly beauty box subscription,
and I don’t need more new things!
And for coffee, I have coffee
at home and reusable cup, and buying takeaway coffee whenever I want gets way
too expensive! As well drinking that much coffee is not that good for my
health/chronic illness.
My rules:
I’ll start with coffee:
1 takeaway coffee per week,
because sometimes when I don’t drink coffee for days I have the worst head ache
that doesn’t go away unless I drink coffee, and I know myself too well that I’ll
buy it anyway and fail!
For makeup:
I’ll buy something only when I
run out of it and I already don’t have replacement at home, then I can buy it.
I have my beauty box subscription I don’t need to buy new makeup things for
myself.
So let’s do this and I’ll
update you in February how my no spend moth went.
As i'm waiting for my salary, i kinda made plan how to save. Lets try and see if i succeed or fail, but at least i'm trying.
Let's start: My plan, kinda
First thing is to pay all my bills that i can now, and leave enough money for those that i'll have to pay later - like all my monthly subscriptions.
Then buy all gifts and things i need to get as soon as i can
Set weekly budget.
Possibly set aside something, if i can.
Leave enough money for dentist, and that's not cheap or other emergency things that could come up.
No more than 2 takeaway coffees per week (i could say no coffees at all, but let's be real!)
I have food at home - stop with takeaways
When i'll pay all my bills and check how much money i need for my subscriptions, then i could see how much money i have to work with, and plan all other things.
I have upcoming 2 celebrations i need gifts for - and i know that place were i'll get them doesnt really do sales, so i can get them as soon as possible, so they get there on time.
Make list on things i need to buy for myself - this does not include food. SO far i need 1 thing new ear phones, and i really want 1 t shirt, but thats not necessity but i really want it! And buy as soon as i can, so i can plan other things. New summer shoes. that are comfortable and dont give awful blisters, and it would be amazing if i can get them either trifted or on sale.
Come up with weekly budget - how much money i can spend on groceries and things like that on 1 week, including takeaway coffees. Hoping this will help me spend less on coffee and on already ready to eat food, because i can cook or make coffee for myself, but i'm lazy and coffee is like warm emotional support in some days, i just need it!
Before that when i tried to save for something i set aside certain money, that obviously i can use if i need, but if i can live without spending it, at least i actually save something.
Remind myself that i have dentist appointment and its never cheap, and i have to use public transport there. If weather is nice i usually walk back after it, but lucky me, has job after it, so i dont have much time to walk as i will want to rest, so i cant even save on public transport.
Last month i spend more than 60 euros un takeaway coffee! That's too much! I even bought milk frother , and coffee with that tastes almost as good as bought ready one. I have reusable coffee cup, i need to figure out proportions for that, and i can make my own, at least to drink while walking to work.
We are getting takeaways at least once a week, cause it's easy and saves time and effort, but it gets expensive, but i dont regret last months over priced KFC order, that chicken is soooo good! Obviously it's not healthy as well!
Šoreiz kkā ļoti ātri sapakoju somas, ko ņemt līdzi uz festivālu, it kā liekas, ka ir par daudz, bet tajā pašā laikā, viss kas būtu vajadzīgs tur ir. Turpinu savu vasaras tradīciju un braucu uz Positivus. Par to kā man gāja, es parasti uzrakstu drīz pēc festivāla, bet es nekad neesmu rakstījusi vairāk par lietām, ko es ņemu līdzi. Tā kā man šoreiz bija iedvesma, un raksts kuru gribēju uzrakstīt pirms šī ieraksta, nerakstījās, ķēros klāt šim.
Parasti man kosmētika atradās vienā maciņā, un viss pārējais citā, šoreiz es gribēju, lai ērti un kompaktāk, es varu visu salikt vienā somā. Un šī piemīlīgā, vasarīgā flamingo kosmētikas soma, ir pietiekami liela un ērta, lai varu salikt visu vajadzīgo un vēl šo to. Noteikti šo somu izmantošu, kad kaut kur braukšu. Šo pašu somu diemžēl, vairs neatrodu, domāju, ka viņa ir izpirkta, bet kaut ko ļoti līdzīgu esmu redzējusi H&M.
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Un tā maija favorītu ieraksts pārtapa par apvienojumu ar Jūniju...
Man šķiet, ka es katru šāda veida ierakstu sāku ar to, cik ātri pagāja konkrētais mēnesis, bet tā ir, laiks kaut kā skrien uz priekšu ļoti ātri.
Maijs bija diezgan interesants mēnesis, pirmo reizi biju slimnīcā, un pirmo reizi paņēmu slimības lapu. Vispār mini atvaļinājums bija tas, ko man visvairāk vajadzēja, jo iešana uz darbu nerada prieku. Protams PČ hokejā netika laista garām neviena Latvijas izlases spēle. Pamanījos apdegt saulē veselas 2 reizes ar visu aizsargkrēmu.
Īsumā par Jūniju, kad neiet, tad neiet tā pamatīgi, bet uz beigām jau redzi cerības staru. Autoskola vēljoprojām ir ļoti sāpīga tēma, bet es apsolu gan jums, gan sev, ka agrāk vai vēlāk es saņemšos, kaut vai iešu teoriju vēlreiz, jā es pateicu to skaļi, un darīšu visu, kas manos spēkos, man jāmaina domāšanas veids šajā lietā, jo tad kad man brīžiem kaut kas nesanāk, liekas, ka nesanāk nekas, uznāk stress, un visa diena un varbūt nedēļa tiek sabojāta, un es sāku nožēlot, kāpēc man vispār šo visu vajag, bet es saņemšos, visam savs laiks!
Jūnijs pagāja skatoties futbolu, futbols man vienmēr ir diezgan tuva lieta, bet skumīgi skatīties LV izlases spēles, tāpēc reizi 2 gados jūnijs ir visgaidītākais mēnesis, kas paiet ar futbolu, un es jau nevaru sagaidīt Eiropas čempionātu :D
Šķiet, ka darbs Jāņos jau sāk kļūt par skumīgu tradīciju, šoreiz Jāņi mazliet savādāki, jā, es skatījos futbolu, un ēdu Jāņu sieru, un dzēru kvasu, jo alus man riebjas, bet kurš teica, ka obligāti jāklausās Jāņu dziesmas un jāsēž pie ugunskura? varbūt to nākošgad, kad man būs brīvs , cerams :D
Jūnijā arī saņēmos un kārtīgi izšķiroju skapi, un bez žēlastības izmetu(labās drēbes iemetu ziedojumu kastē) to, kas neder un nepatīk, kāda iespēja, ka es ielīdīšu tajās drēbēs, labāk atstāt skapī to, kas der, un kas liek justies labi.
Skaistumlietiņu favorīti:
Catrice HD Liquid Coverage Foundation - par šo tonālo pirmo reizi dzirdēju Zandas blogā, un godīgi pāris reizes pat biju Drogās viņu pamēģinājusi un domājusi, ka tas noteikti nav domāts man. Tā kā mans tonālais krēms strauji gāja uz beigām un es nolēmu tādu pašu jaunu nepirkt, gribēju pamēģināt kaut ko jaunu, Maybelline nebija mana toņa, un paņēmu šo. Laikam esmu atradusi jaunu mīļāko tonālo krēmu, kas man tiešām patīk un kam ir laba sedzamība, izskatās dabīgi uz sejas un galvenais turās visu dienu. Ideals manai kombinētajam ādas tipam, un pats labākais tonis #10 ir perfekts. Teikšu godīgi, dažreiz tie nedaudz lētākie tonālie krēmi ir diezgan dzeltenīgi vai daudz par tumšu priekš manis. Vienīgais, kas man nepatīk ir diezgan nepraktiskais iepakojums, par ko es neesmu sajūsmā, tā pipete nekam neder.
Rimmel London #insta Fix & Go is a 2-in-1 primer and setting spray - mans MAC makeup fiksators gāja uz beigām un tajā brīdī, lai kā mans viņš patiktu es nevarēju nopirkt jaunu, varbūt kādreiz, bet devu iespēju šim. Līdz šim esmu pamēģinājusi dažādās cenu kategorijās - Makeup revolution pirkt vēlreiz negribēju, jo tas ož pēc kaut kā tāda, ko uz sejas labāk pūst nevajadzētu. Nu ko lai saka, produktam ir patīkama smarža, man šķiet, ka smaržo pēc gurķiem. Vai esmu novērojusi kādu atšķirību lietojot šo produktu, mans vaigu sārtums turas ilgāk. Iesaku izmēģināt, jo par pagaidām šis ir viens no labākajiem fiksatoriem, kas pieejams Drogās.
Acu ēnu palete no ebay, kas ir viltojums, kādam ļoti labi zināmam brendam, nosaukumu neminēšu, bet ja zināt, kas tā ir, gaidu variantus komentāros :D - vispār jau es gribēju nopirkt rozīgas acu ēnas, bet tā kā domāju, ka nelietošu tās bieži, tad neko dārgu negribējās pirkt, un ebay ir labs variants, jo ja nelietošu bieži, nebūšu izmetusi naudu. Tā meklējot paleti, es atradu šo, tikai atnākot tai, redzēju, ka esmu nejauši nopirkusi fake/viltojumu. Visas ēnas, izņemot balto, ir ļoti pigmentētas, ka ja nezinātu, domātu, ka esmu nopirkusi īsto versiju, bet baltā krāsa man tāpat nav vajadzīga. Par noturību - ar bāzi iztur manu darba dienu, parasti jaucu kopā ar brūnām ēnām. Dažreiz vajag kaut ko košāku :)
Brūnais groziņš - atradu nelielā labdarības veikalā tikai par 2 eiro, es būtu maksājusi vairāk, viņam nāca klāt arī vāciņš, tagad varu salikt dažus savus nieciņus. Labprāt aiziešu paskatīties, kas, vēl tur labs un galvenais nauda nonāk labās rokās un labiem mērķiem :)
No filmām:
Beidzot noskatījos Black panther - nebija slikta, bet ne labākā Marvel filma. Noskatoties bija neliela vilšanās sajūta, laikam nesaprotu, kas viņā tāds, par ko visi tā jūsmoja. Toties Avengers Infinity war bija tik laba cik visi saka, es nevaru sagaidīt nākošo daļu, jo es gribu zināt, kas būs tālāk.
Mūzika:
Bring me the horizon - Avalanche - dažas dziesmas tevi uzrunā vairāk, tad kad tu jūties slikti, un tad tev ir sajūta, ka tu neesi viens, un tev paliek labāk. Šo dziesmu es nejauši uzgāju, tad kad to man vajadzēja.
Plāni Jūlijam, man beidzot ir Positivus biļete :D un varbūt atradu šoferi, kas mūs aizvedīs/atvedīs no festivāla, thanks bro :D Gribētos mazliet iekrāt naudu, un beigt pirkt lietas, ko man nevajag, vai kas man jau ir, varbūt par to taps ieraksts, ja es atkal nenoslinkošu.
Lai jums jauks vakars :)
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Yes i again dint have inspiration for blogging, and May favorites turned into June ones. May was fun - that's sarcasm. I had tooth removal surgery - and i stayed at hospital for fist time, nurses were so nice, and i had interesting experience at hospital. This reminds me that i HAVE to schedule dentist appointment soon!
June wasnt my month, and even thought of driving school gives me anxiety, but i have to get my shit together, cause i can do it. This year June is special, because of football. I'm sad that almost all my favorite teams lost , so GO ENGLAND and France too!
In June i procrastinated and instead of things that i badly needed to do, i decided to declutter my closet, and throw away/donate all clothes that i dont like, doesnt fit, yes i want to loose weight but bad genes and food is my comfort, is not god combination, so it's even harder to do it, and i what's the point of leaving clothes that doenst fit.
Catrice HD Liquid Coverage Foundation - I heard about this foundation for the first time on Zanda's blog, and I honestly even tried it in Drogas a couple of times and thought that it was definitely not for me. Since i was running out of my foundation and I decided not to buy the same one,because I wanted to try something new, Maybelline dind not have my tone and i took this one. For now, I have found a new favorite foundation that I really like and has good coverage, looks naturally on the skin and it stays all day. Ideal for my combination skin type, and the best part tone # 10 is perfect. To be honest, sometimes these slightly cheap foundations are quite yellow or too dark for me. The only thing I do not like is a rather impractical packaging, which I'm not excited about.
Rimmel London # Fix & Go is a 2-in-1 primer and setting spray - my MAC makeup fixing spay was almost gone and at that moment, a I could not buy a new one, maybe another time, but gave this one a chance. So far, I've tried different price categories fixing spays - I dint wanted to buy Makeup revolution one, because it stinks like something that it's not good for your face. Well, what to say, the product has a pleasant smell, it seems to me that it smells like cucumbers. I have noticed a difference in the use of this product, my blush stays on longer. I recommend trying it.
I accidentally bought fake eye shadows on ebay, but i like them a lot, they are very pigmented, except white shade, they are blendable and stay on very well with primer.
Brown basket - I found it in a small charity shop for just 2 euros, I would have paid more; it also came with a cover, now I can put some of my things .
For movies - finally saw Black panther - it was ok, not the best Marvel film i have ever seen, so i dont really get why everyone was so obsessed and was raving about it so much. But Avengers Infinity war was so good, cant wait for next part i need to know what will happen next!
Music - Bring me the horizon - Avalanche. Listen to words, some songs you need tolisten when you feel very bad so you dont feel alone.
Plans for July - vacation and Positivus, i actually have some plans for blog posts, if i will be inspired/not be lazy.
Blogging about whatever i want because it's my blog not yours :D Any questions or suggestions, or just want to chat, you can write me here agyonmars@gmail.com
