November Budget

I'm going to go ahead and credit this image to Hyperbole and a Half, because even though it technically isn't, we all know it is.

November Budget
White jeans (Victoria's Secret via eBay, seen here & here & here & here & here) : 30.00

Plaid pants (Target, seen here & here) : 27.99

Fur vest (CoffeeShop via jcpenney) : 50.00

Burgundy leather skirt (Worthington via jcpenney, seen here) : 26.00

Black sweater (Target) : 18.00

Red v-neck sweater (Target) : 18.00

Purple glitter boucle skirt (Marshall's) : 26.00

Brown tweed and leather skirt (Marshall's) : 16.00

Burgundy ombre jeans (Marshall's) : 26.00

Navy tweed skirt (Target) : 22.99

Leopard ankle pants (Target) : 27.99

Fur snood (Target) : 19.99

Bracelets (Target) : 3 for 15.00

Dalmatian print scarf (Target) : 10.50

Python pencil skirt (INC via eBay) : 30.00

Tulle skirt (eBay) : 15.00

Total = $323.46

(minus a $38.50 Marshall's giftcard and the probable return of the red sweater)

So besides the fact that a shopping ban while on 30 for 30 is optional, I was also working with a self-imposed budget of $150/month. This means that I've successfully blown through November and December. It didn't help that I did some stress shopping when I should have been studying, and it didn't help that I went home for a few days, because my mom and I can spend dolladollabillz like nobody's business.

Part of my motivation in starting this blog was to do better with money. Looks like part of that is being embarrassingly honest about how BRUTALLY AWFUL I am at it right now! At least I'm not a failwhale without a plan: I'm stripping December's budget (Christmas is coming, this should not be hard) and decreasing January's to $125 to deal with my splurge. I downloaded the CashFlow app to help keep track of purchases as they happen, and I am staying the hell away from Target. Do you guys have any tips that help you stay within your budget?

Thanks to Franziska for hosting a Budgeting Bloggers link-up. Looking forward to my monthly virtual shopaholics anonymous meetings :)

19: Too Much Plaid & a Gratuitous #Puppybomb

Blazer: H&M | Top: American Eagle | Jeans: Victoria's Secret | Flats: Me Too Patty | Scarf: Kohl's | Watch: Fossil | Bracelet: J.Crew

Finally home after a f-a-n-tastic visit to my actual home. I wish I could rearrange the map to make home and home a little closer together, but until science/geography/space and time travel catches up to that, I'll settle for visits whenever I can get them. 

My dad, on the other hand, spent the whole three days hinting that maybe next time I should send the dog home instead of coming home myself. What can I say, man loves his granddog! At least the big one. He's still warming up to the wee tiny one.

Can you blame the man? That face! Those ears!

This outfit is a little preppier than I usually go when I travel, but I really wanted to wear my plaids together. Why have just enough of a good thing when you could have far too much of a good thing? Exactly.

18: Black Hole

Sweater: F21 | Pants: Target | Flats: Me Too Patty | Scarf: apt. 9 | Watch: Fossil | Bracelet: J.Crew

The title is in reference to both my "hell no" (pronounced oh HAAAAYYYYLL no) attitude when it comes to venturing out on Black Friday and the admirable capacity of my stomach when pumpkin Chex mix and homemade rolls and apple pie cheesecake is on the line.

But I earned every last bite of it on that run yesterday morning... right?

Reuniting with SkyMall this afternoon, then it's back to the grind. By the grind I of course mean college football and some sewing shenanigans and playing with my nuggets, who I've missed desperately the past three days. So not really a grind at all. Grinds can wait for Monday.

Linking up with Modern Modest Beauty.