random thoughts – Day 1,267 – (Tuesday) – no-spend

After work after the gym, I thought about visiting Family Dollar across the parking lot to buy a frozen pizza. Even though it would cost only $4 and I would likely get two meals out of it, I talked myself out of it with the idea of having a day of spending no money. At home, a freezer excavation yielded a long-forgotten, semi freezer burned veggie burger. It was really dry and crunchy, but with mayo and Sriracha on the bread and some melty cheese, it was almost palatable. Almost.

Arriving soon.

The Amazon shopping cart was visited. Over the past week, several items had been added while I deliberated. There were two pairs each of drapes in similar floral patterns chosen for the dining room and three more potential blouses to try with the dressy pants for the wedding in October. 

After analyzing the merits of rod pocket versus grommets, the rod pocket drapes were moved to the growing “saved for later” list. The same for two of the blouses. “Buy Now” was pushed and the other drapes and one blouse were ordered. Then, a pair of gray boots was sought. And ordered. 

It is not lost on me that I chose to not spend $4 to have a slightly more edible supper because I wanted to have a day of not spending money, then an hour later spent a bunch of money shopping on Amazon. But, but …. The drapes are gong to look so good. And there was a credit in my account from the three blouses returned on Friday. And, and … Yeah, so much for the no-spend day.

Also arriving soon.

Soon new drapes for the dining room sliders and the window, another attempt at a blouse, and some possibly unnecessary boots that may or may not work will deliver. 

The shoes and pants ordered from Kohl’s last week arrived. The shoes don’t fit and the fabric on the pants is horrible. Once those are returned, it’s basically a financial wash for the new blouse and boots, and technically, those are last week’s expenditures. 

There is no flimsy financial fabrication to justify the drapes, but I’ve been thinking about them for a week if that matters. And the way things are going, all of it may need to be returned anyway. Maybe, in the end, I didn’t really spend anything.