Not your Frugal Fanny...

What IS it about things being "discounted" or "on sale" that makes me go crazy?? Honestly. I could be in the Olympics- if they had a sports category for "justifying expenses."  This last weekend, I took my parents out to dinner, I bought my grandma a gift card for her birthday, I got a few more things for back-to-school, I got another one of my magical sports bras (seriously- it accounts for cup size, and you can adjust the band AND the straps; it's fantastic), and I'm about to get some gift cards for my aunt and uncle since they have been so great to let me stay with them this summer. All reasonable-to-necessary expenses.  Then I got a pair of ballet flats. Okay, that one was alright, but not the greatest expense- I was planning on buying two new pairs for back-to-school since three of my pairs are about to be out of commission.

Then I bought a Nook with a cute cover. This is where my mentality was starting to get warped.  I've known for several months that when I have the money I would get a Nook.  I don't have the money.  But I convinced myself that because I'd be traveling to London, and would want to be able to have an eReader, and when I read books on my iPod it really makes it die faster, and since I use my iPod for so much other stuff, like LoseIt! and C25K, that it was better if I got the Nook before I went. And the cover was necessary, and it was okay to get THAT instead of borrow my mom's because they only had the display model and they gave me a 20% discount.

I am officially going on a payment plan and strict budget when I move in to school, and I am going to try to buy almost nothing this week and when I'm in London. My mentality about money needs a serious overhaul before I get in serious trouble- I'm getting to be too grown up to have my parents bail me out if I get in a tough spot because I'm being frivolous!