some shots from our free day at the Nasher...not spending is so much fun!This Friday marks the official end of the three month spending hiatus, and I have lots to share about what I’ve learned as well as some plans for a sort of (far less restrictive) “phase II”… But I’ll save that for another post. Instead I’ll just focus on re-capping this week.
We made a very big purchase…
Here’s a hint.
And another…
Did you guess?We bought bikes!
Now before you completely freak out and accuse me of falling off the wagon just days before the end of the hiatus... Before you say that I’m a weak, horrible example, with no will power whatsoever… You have to know that this wasn’t a spontaneous purchase. We had always planned buy bikes before our beach trip (which we leave for this Friday…hooray!), as we’re tired of spending the equivalent of one new bike to rent three shoddy ones at the beach every year + we’ve wanted to go on family bike rides forever.
So we saved (and we didn’t shop for needless things!!!), and we are super psyched about our new purchase. In fact, I can honestly say it’s the best, most satisfying purchase we’ve made in the past 12 months. We’ve already gone on multiple bike rides on the trail near our house and we’re having a blast.
So that’s the update… now for the question. Last week I got the following comment on one of my spending hiatus posts:
“By not spending you are not helping this economy. This attitude is the WORST thing for our country!”
Honestly I wasn’t too surprised by the comment, as my husband jokingly told me the same thing at the start of the hiatus, and frankly I was wondering how long it would be before I got it from a reader (but, I was a little surprised by the tone…I’m all about a nice comment, and surely there was a kinder way to word it, but I digress…)
So I’m curious what do you think?
Is not spending on non-essentials horrible for our country? I have all sorts of thoughts about this, but you probably already know what they are. I’m really curious to hear your thoughts, and I promise, I won’t mind if you totally disagree with me…just be nice when you do it ;-)
