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Well I was going to be on a jewelry fast until we paid off our car, but lo and behold right afterwards my hubby and I put in new replacement windows in our house, which will take approximatly 2 years to pay off (home equity). I really wanted these windows and have no regrets. But again it puts into perspective where we should be putting our money. We have an "agreement" that I can spend around 1K on jewelry a year, and he spends about half that on his pursuits. However, as we have been discussing budget, and also ways to spend less on groceries the jewelry thing came up. Basically he says he is willing to forgoe even the little amount he spends (or drastically reduce it) if I agree to forgoe the jewelry thing for a year. I have been actually good for me, with my anticipation I could get something either after the car is paid off or around Christmas (probably .5tcw whiteflash earrings). But if he is willing to tighten the belt I should really take advantage of this offer and it would be unfair if only he sacrificed and I didn''t
So what would you do? The agreement is to forgo extra "me" purchases for 1 year.
So what would you do? The agreement is to forgo extra "me" purchases for 1 year.