Usually every Saturday morning, I will get my grocery shopping done. The day before, I have gone through the weekly ads and put together my list of deals that I want to take advantage of. And then Saturday morning I will make the rounds with list and coupons in hand. Last Saturday, my plans were suddenly changed. My 18 month old grandson came over, as his parents work schedules changed. I love it when he comes over!
But, when he comes over, we get nothing done. It is all about him and we both drop what ever we are doing and enjoy our time with him. So... I never got to the bank to get my bi-weekly cash out. I never made it to the grocery store on Saturday. Things did not go as I had planned at all. But... we had a blast with our grandson.
Sunday morning, I skipped church (I went Sunday evening) and made the rounds to the grocery stores to get what I needed. I shopped with my debit card. Not cash. Big mistake. I ended up spending close to 200.00 dollars on "Great Deals" that I could not live without! You know... I convinced myself that I would be okay without cash and that I could "monitor" my spending and be okay. Obviously not.
Did I mention that I stopped by Cato's and found a couple... well, maybe several of very cute shirts that were marked that I could not live without? Oh yes,they are now proudly hanging in my closet. Debit of course. 60.00 dollars. Ouch.
Old habits die hard.
