Lent

Ok . . . brace yourselves everyone . . . after much thought, consideration and prayer I know what I'm doing for lent . . . are you ready?

I'm giving up my credit cards . . . including the Old Navy and the O.N. discount card.

For those of you that know me well, you probably realize that I love to shop and working in retail means that I get temped to do "random" shopping all the time.

When I'm bored, I shop.
When I'm lonely, I shop.
When I'm depressed, I shop.

Also, when I'm happy, excited, stressed, and just about everything else - I shop.

i.e. I have credit card debt. Not a lot, but enough.

No, I'm not going to give up shopping, but I am going to stick by the guidelines that if I don't have the money, then I don't need it.


And to replace the shopping time that I'll be "missing out" on - I get to exercise and lose that weight I gained with all the wonderful foods I ate in Costa Rica and re-create an actual schedule and plan for devos.

It should be interesting.



Oh - and as a side note, because I don't think I ever mentioned this before - in Costa Rica I made the choice to go off of my anti-depressants, and at this point I haven't had them in about a month. So far all is well - pray it stays that way, because to me, going back on them isn't an option. I think I reached the point with them that I was dependent, and I decided in Costa Rica that I didn't want to live my life that way. So pray that I keep feeling this good about it! (Especially since shopping can't be my crutch anymore!!!)