This is something I am really trying to work on too. I always thought I did great with my spending and shopping sales till I kept a list and realized how many impulse items I had every trip! A pack of crayons, a new magazine, a coffee...... it adds up so fast!

That's exactly what I mean!!!!

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Marie - SAHM of DS Benjamin (april 2004) and DD Rose (march 2006).

I thought it didn't apply to me since I used lists too, but then I came to realize the impluse buys were killing me as well as the lists... I started looking at my lists and they weren't things I NEED, but things I want!

I have actually just lost the lists and realized I can't rememer anything on it... and these were things I thought I needed!!

I've stopped looked online at the Target deal threads. I used to check them almost daily and make sure I looked for the clearance items on my weekly trips to Target. Now that I don't know what I'm missing, I only go about every 5-6 weeks to get basics like TP and dishwasher soap. Before I go, I check the threads in case there is a good coupon out there to look for, but otherwise, I don't miss the Target bags full of things that I didn't know I needed! It really has changed my outlook and helped our budget! I'm working my way through my gift stockpile now. I like to keep a small stockpile, but I think I may have over done it a bit.