budget.

it's embarrassing how over budget i am for the month of december. just to put it into some sort of mathematical perspective: 5x over my normal monthly clothes/accessories/random stuff quota. LE SIGH. my credit card bill basically reads like this: $25 - food $234897230974092384 - j.crew (slight exaggeration on my part, but it's pretty darn high). i love when i really get into new brands or really discover things i like but i tend to go overboard. it's a problem i feel like i've always had. the need to have it because it's the last item or because i will eventually find use for it, etc. (side note: i went through a huge beauty/make up phase similar to this when i started the blog hence why i review/talk about beauty products less now than i did before). i'm sure we've all been guilty of this at one point or another but it really took this month's exorbitant shopping "budget" (if i can even call it that) to show me it in black and white.  i feel like the only way to rectify this is by setting a spending freeze (or at the very least a VERY stringent budget) and really shop my own closet. i have plenty of things and feel incredibly blessed to be able to even buy them or have friends and family kind enough to get them for me. and although i do love to shop, i really do have wonderful pieces that are likely being underutilized. i work hard for my things (30+ hours and school - which is not in session at the moment, thus upping my schedule at work) so i won't even pretend to say that sometimes i feel it's okay to treat myself. i do, on occasion, deserve it, but even i know that this month's spending was a little bit (more than a little bit) high. spending freeze/budget limitation for january officially in order. i'm thinking $50? i want to stay under that too, if possible. wish me luck and i'll try and keep you all posted on this little adventure.

...if only i could spend this much every time i shopped - maybe then the budget would've stuck. 

the michael kors coin purse is a detachable portion of a wallet i received for my birthday last year.  it's held up beautifully (yay saffiano leather!) and you can find it here (the price however, has gone up since last year). mine is red and i still get compliments.

xoxo,

Bella