ive been soooooo good dude
i hath not shopped! since the last time i posted! i hate the rhetoric of “good/bad” around food money etc so i dont know why i made that the title of this post, but what can i say? i seek praise. tax season travel expenses etc have me Absolutely Not Shopping, and im also saving to move this summer (which, in my experience, is usually like a thousand dollars more than i’ve budgeted for, somehow), so i don’t expect to be buying a lot of stupid shit online in the immediate future.
i also just cant really justify acquiring more stuff when im probably going to get rid of most of my stuff in the move. this plan makes sense — i got all my furnitue on fb marketplace and it would be far, far more expensive to move than it was to acquire — but there are some items, like my art deco bar cart and the weird glass coffee table i picked up from a mom’s front yard in zilker and the orange chair i sit on to do literally everything, that i’m sad to part with. (maybe ill be able to fit at least the chair in my car?)
its not like i havent been spending money (oh baby no, i saw magic mike’s last dance and paid out the ass for a tiny alamo drafthouse pizza just last night! and it was worth it!), but it feels good to be in slightly better control of my discretionary purchases, even though i’m still spending too much on food/entertainment/random expenses that always seem to crop up. im trying to be patient with myself though, and remind myself that the goal is not to literally never spend money on a night out with friends or a good meal; it’s to limit hemorrhaging cash on things that dont ultimately bring me joy, and im reasonably proud of how im doing so far.
i most recently scratched my online shopping itch by trying to find my friend ariel a dress for a big event she has coming up, and it reminded me how much i love online shopping for clothes and how, frankly, good at it i am (i found a jacquemus dress for 70% off?!?), but it’s nice to know that i can also get that hit of dopamine by selecting things for other people. if youre reading this and want me to help you find something youre sick of searching the internet for, hit me up: i will send u a personalized google doc, especially if we’re friends but maybe even if we’re not.
currently reading: holding pattern by jenny xie, which is extremely lovely and i had a great time reading it in the hot tub at the y (another thing i spend money on that i don’t regret at all; the ymca fee, that is. getting many of the books i want to read for free is one of the sickest parts of my job and i am already terrified of one day losing this perk)
currently watching: nancy meyers’ “the intern” lol
currently listening to: me (!) on girls room, a delightful podcast i had the opportunity to guest appear on this week. listen here!
xoxo,
emma
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