What Are You Struggling To Not Buy?

[fairy74]

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Books, magazines, a pair of absolutely fabulous beaded brown clogs (I love clogs)

[thebetterlifenow]

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A new Mac but this d**n IBM just keeps on running!

[shelbylovesmelby]

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SOOOO much to list....

*furnace + c/a
*a hi-e washer
*new couch
*new jacket w/ a HOOD
*dresser for the kids room
* draperies or nice blinds
*windows
*siding

But for sure I"m struggling not going to the stores to look @ clearance racks as I've seen bargains posted for diapers & I'm just all worked up & want to look @ my local store BUT I don't have the $ & we've got bilzzard warnings.

[Ima saver]

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Well, I need a good warm short coat. I have plenty of cute jackets, but nothing is really warm.

[janeysaurus]

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Books. There are some sales going on right now at a few small presses and indie bookstores, so I keep loading up my cart. Also, I just joined a home/garden/crafts/cooking book club to get books on renovations and woodworking, so I'm trying not to go overboard with that. I'm also bidding on a few money books on eBay (Tightwad Gazette, Money Makeover, etc.).

A refurbed MacBook Pro. I would really like a Mac machine, and one that's current. There's several arguments for and against this purchase, to the point they all cancel out and I'm still undecided. :-/

A house. We've been looking at listings for months, if not years. It's not so much that we're not sure if we can afford it as getting around to doing the physical stuff, like getting a realtor and going to the houses we've been eyeing. I guess this one's more struggling TO buy, not struggling NOT TO buy.

Take-out. God, I love getting take-out.

[krayziebone33]

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I'm struggling not to buy an XBox 360 right now. I have been fighting the urge, and winning, for 4 months now.

[sweeps]

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The farm.

[jIM_Ohio]

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Not struggling, but waiting.

HDTV. We paid cash for a big screen 14 months ago and would have nowhere to put it, so wife has vetoed the idea.
DVD player. We want a second DVD player. Our first one is old, not that good, and our second TV is used by our nieces when they visit... but no DVD on the 2nd TV.
New PC with windows Vista. Vista looked cool at Best Buy, but I am in no hurry to get it.
Vacations. 2 weddings this year, Plus our annual wine tasting trip to upstate NY. Wife also wants to go to Vegas. I GUESS I'll go with her, LOL.


This is first year both Roth IRA's are fully funded, so after that, getting any of above is GRAVY.

[kealina]

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a XS pattern book on half.com... it's got gorgeous patterns...

[JanH]

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books. I love all kinds of subjects and books.

[cemsmom]

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I am currently struggling to not buy anything that is not really necessary. I really hope to pay off our last remaining credit card balance by the end of the year. We've been so close to it before, but then we relaxed too much and it got out of hand again in addition to unexpected expenses coming up.

A few months ago, we were seriously considering looking for a house or land. It was very difficult to accept that we are not ready for that financially yet. We just have to keep working on getting everything in order, and hopefully we can get into a house in a few years.

Christie

[tinapbeana]

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what am i struggling to not buy? everything!

my struggles aren't really with my own spending, but with DH's impulses. right now it's a TV. there's one on sale, a good brand good TV yadda yadda yadda. and yes, ours is on it's last leg, and yes, just the part to fix ours is half the price of the new TV. thing is, we just don't have the money saved.

my suggestion to DH: sell the canoe we don't want, put that money w/ our 'vacation' money and POOF, we can have a TV.

DH's suggestion to me: buy the TV now using the money we have saved for homeowner's insurance and 'pay ourselves back' when the canoe sells. um, but what if the canoe doesn't sell????

grrrrrrr.....

[Little L]

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Interesting thread.

For me, I struggle with several things. Since we've pretty much gone cold turkey with spending, I'm having a hard time right now.

We used to go out to dinner, A LOT. I don't particularly like cooking and dinner out was just so easy (and expensive). We've been doing well and are sticking to our once a week dinners out.

I'm also wanting to buy some clothes and shoes. We are going on vacation in June so inevitably there will be some spending in this category and some of it will likely be on credit, but not much.

My other want: a Palm Pilot. I'm bidding on one on Ebay right now although I'm not sure that I'll win.

[fairy74]

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only organic food, I love organic food but it is so expensive. DH and I used to be Trader Joes/New Horizons/Whole Foods people all the way but now it just doesn't fit in the budget. We try to buy organic but cannot shop solely at those stores.

[sakigt]

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Im trying to hold back ALL spending since Ill be on vacation in Venezuela in less than a month.