I have just deleted this entire post as it became just some excuse-making waffling drivel. I actually bored myself.

The point is I spend too much on useless crap, clothes I never wear, make-up that gets used once and thrown in the bottom of a draw, books that never get read, various “fad” related paraphernalia that when it arrives in the Amazon box I become super excited…for all of about an hour.

I buy this stuff because it’s cheap, or because I think for one reason or another it will turn out to be really worthwhile. The wake-up call came when I recently had to clear out the loft, there was literally bin bags and boxes full of the aforementioned useless crap. I was embarrassed, and embarrassment soon turned into being really bloody annoyed at myself. Imagine if I had just made more considered choices (or just given any consideration at all) how much I could have saved.

Life is short – sometimes you really should buy the goddam shoes, if you love them, if you are going to actually wear them. I have lots of footwear I don’t wear however and now I have Mabel, and I think of all the things that saving, rather than spending, could have provided for her future.

Are you a frivolous spender? What is your biggest weakness? Do you get to the till at Boots and wonder how you spent fifty quid when you just went in for toothpaste?* How have you managed to curb the desire to purchase unnecessary things?

I don’t want to make myself miserable by never buying anything – that’s just silly, and impossible. I just need to make wiser investments that will stand the test of time rather than these constant cheap thrills.

*Yes, I am one of those people that spend extra money  she got from www.cozino.com gambling on stuff I don’t really need because I get extra Boots points. And with those points guess what? I can buy even more useless crap.