Restraint

So, I have decided to forgo eating sweets for a little bit. I usually tend to eat a little somethin' somethin' of the sweet variety, at least once a day. More often, I eat a little sweet snack more than once a day, so I am doing a little experiment. A practice in willpower, if you will. I have to say that not eating a sweet morsel, when what I really want to do is eat a sweet morsel, isn't all that easy. I am succeeding, though because today it's been a week! Yea!
I am hoping that the willpower it takes to not eat sweets will also lead to the willpower to not make any impulse/emotional-buying/frivolous-type-purchases! I think it's almost working, too! I did completely, absolutely NOT buy a houndstooth skirt the other day, when all I have really ever wanted to buy was a houndstooth skirt. (I think about it all the time, though!)
My iron willpower also, kind of worked, because I did accidentally pick up a couple of things at Anthropologie the other night, (Honestly, I couldn't help it because we were out buying a suit for Eric and Anthropologie was right across the street from Banana Republic, and I just had to walk in...) but- here's where the willpower kicks in- three of the items were on clearance, another was a sweater that I just loved, and I am going to return all but one shirt! Isn't that great? It was on clearance, too!! I am getting better. Well, I also am exchanging the sweater for a sweater on clearance, but I feel like that counts a little bit.
Maybe I'll just take everything back...
and go get that houndstooth skirt and an ice cream!
Updates to follow.