Oh, how I have missed it.
I won't lie, I still splurge from time to time, in fact, I splurge frequently! But how do I prevent myself from going overboard? Avoiding the dip into money for tuition and books?
The thing that has helped me probably most is Pinterest. When I first discovered Pinterest, I didn't understand why people liked it so much. Then I stopped having money to buy clothes that I wanted or other things I wanted to decorate my room or desk. And I finally understood Pinterest's purpose for me. It honestly stops me from spending my money. If I really like something, I will PUT DOWN THE CREDIT CARD and pin instead. It's amazing. DO IT!
Someone else described Pinterest in this way:
In the meantime, I’ve taken up — what I can only refer to as my new hobby — pinning. What’s pinning? Well, it’s not blogging, and it’s not quite social networking. It’s actually kind of just a way of “liking” things and “collecting” them the way that the Little Mermaid (Ariel) did in her bedroom (that part where she sings ‘I want more’).Oh. That is real my friends. And I constantly scour through Pinterest looking for the more. I can't stop!
The thing I love most is that I can pin from any website! If I find something that I want to buy outside of Pinterest (for example: Withings Scale, approximately $160) I simply pin it to a board to buy later, when I'm not in school anymore.
The other thing I have done is created a budget, but more on that another time.
Crush that shopping craving with pins. Follow me on Pinterest here, and see what I'm talking about.
How do you hold off on spending all of your money on a pair of shoes?
