End of 11th Month
11 months down and only one more month to go! I've even made it past the temptations of Black Friday - Cyber Monday sales! More surprising to me, is that I don't have a list of items I'm waiting to buy on January 1st. I had thought that by now I would have been delaying so many purchases for so long that I'd be antsy to "spend-spend-spend!" But instead I'm feeling rather chill about it. I think it's definitely adjusted my overall attitude about using consumerism as a coping device for anxiety and depression. I did make a new purchase this month, that I had been waffling over for a few weeks now. My electric kettle that I use to make my tea several times a day had sprung a leak. Every time I depressed the "ON" tab, a small amount of water would leak out. Also, I was starting to find increasingly larger puddles on the counter around it overnight. I finally decided that this was a good enough reason to get a new kettle...