No Spend January: Update

As you may or may not know, I am taking part in a spending ban. I've managed to surprise myself by doing pretty well so far. As mentioned in my previous post, I was very worried about spending a lot of money on food, but I've been a very good girl this week.

First off I managed to sell an old iPhone 3GS that I had lying around for £40, so that gave me a little boost! Meaning I didn't have to be as strict with myself this week.

On Sunday my boyfriend treated me, by taking me to the cinema, and we also went for dinner beforehand and I paid for my own food. However seeing as we went to a Weatherspoon's, it really wasn't expensive at all. My boyfriend was kind enough to also buy me a Ben and Jerry's at the cinema! (he's certainly a keeper)

Other than that this week I have been a very good girl. I did have to buy myself some dry shampoo, as I actually ran out, but I managed to find an amazing offer in Superdrug! Three cans of dry shampoo for only £2, needless to say I am set for a long time.

Other than that this week has been fairly uneventful spending wise. I hope I continue on this winning streak though! Let me know in the comments if you are also taking part in a spending ban.

No Spend January

I never thought I would be sat here writing a spending ban post, and yet here we are. Basically I spent far more than I should have over the Christmas period, and as such I have very little money to spend this month. So I thought seeing as I'm going on a complete spending ban, why not write about it here?

This month I am only allowed to spend money on essentials, so nothing on makeup, books, games, or even my biggest weakness, food. I am only allowed to buy things that I run out of or explicitly need, such as deodorant. The only exception to this is when I go out for my birthday on the 25th January, but even then I will only be buying a few drinks!

I think the hardest thing for me is going to be not buying myself a takeaway, or a nice lunch for when I am at work. Food is my biggest weakness. If anything I guess being on a spending ban will help me reduce the amount of rubbish I eat.

So I'm going to be reviewing how I get on weekly on Friday, starting next week. Let me know in the comments if you have ever completed a spending ban, and if you were successful, I could do with the comments of encouragement.

Also if you want to get involved, I will be using '#nospendjan' on Twitter, that way we can support each other!