day 121: what do I even buy?

In case you are wondering, I haven’t shopped! Still going strong, and shoutout to my gf Angela, who gifted me a very dear sweatshirt I love so much, but left at an airbnb in Kentucky! She kept me honest AND allowed me to not ‘cheat’ and replace a sweatshirt I definitely had in solid rotation…

Would you have purchased it should she not have? What is ‘cheating’ at this point?

Which raises another question…how long do you give yourself grace with something like this? Is continuously talking about ‘cheating’ annoying and over done?

One of the reasons I started this no shopping journey is because I wanted to prove to my husband I could not shop for a VERY long time. I wanted to prove I didn’t have a shopping issue (I totally do btw) and I wanted to make him proud by being resourceful. So now, while in this pandemic, he has eased off and wanted me to purchase ‘because I deserve it’, ‘we’re stressed’, ‘you only live once’…to which I respond ‘NO I CAN’T CHEAT’.

We then go into a tirade about what is cheating, what is essential, and how I can ‘give myself grace during this time’ - which has been said by a lot of people. We are all going through something here, mentally, physically, emotionally (ok, Usher) and 2020 hasn’t exactly been PEACHES AND RAINBOWS.

Lots of time at home, lots of time organizing, and not much time doing things that require more than yoga pants has made me question some of my purchases and wondering why I don’t purchase other things - like? BRAS. Hate ‘em. I wear em, but not happily! I dislike boobs in general and have loathed mine since I was 10. So why do they deserve to ‘wear’ something fancy? Answer me that!

But, BUT - I actually realize I need bras to make me feel better. And I think I wouldn’t have seen this if I would have been buying the things over and over that go over the bra. I know, trivial to most - but helpful.

I bought a new bra during no shopping 365, AND #Quarantine2020. And we are really growing to love each other.