I had an eye appointment last week, and my progressive prescription doubled. My current frames are not going to be able to hold a combined prescription of -8, as they are stretched quite a bit now. I picked out a new frame for glasses and a new frame for prescription sunglasses. I also did my taxes last week, and will get a refund, to almost the exact amount of my new glasses. So, I will end up even for the tax refund and the glasses purchase. My optician had a BOGO deal on lenses, so that helps!
I was finding my calculations were tricky as I am paid once per month and certain bills come out during different weeks of each month. I have decided to streamline my calculations, or gazintas, as Grammie Annie would say, to make sure I focus on money spent outside my regular bills. Now, I will do a monthly spending update. I think this will allow me to focus more on any money outside recurring bills.
The week of May 5th-11th was a tricky one. I had been doing so well with not shopping or being tempted, but this week was hard. I am not sure if it’s because I was sad (my dad’s brother passed, my friend’s mom passed after a car accident, and it is my my dad’s birthday this upcoming week–he passed in 2021). I didn’t break my shopping ban rules, but found myself on online shopping sites that I haven’t been on in weeks. Since shopping has been my therapy for over two decades, it needs some reinforcement not to regress to that pattern.
