Resolution "LOW-BUY" 2014! Who wants to play?

[User38]

I have been berry berry good..

I only got my compact from AA.. but that was a known sin. Nothing else really blows smoke up my skirt from AA.

I did order some more things from Sephora (a teeny tiny box).. lol... and I got a few pieces of clothing for really hot beach weather -- no leather, no boots, no fur....just linens and cotton stuff to wear next week.

So, I will leave the chair for Pixie and Mosha.. who really deserve it.

 

[veronikawithak]

I know I did.... HeeHee

That seems to be my problem too. Once I KNOW I'm going over my 3 item limit... it's like my brain process 4 items or 10 items the same way. In my mind a fail is a fail. So when I fail... I fail in an epic fashion! So I REALLY need to try to keep to my limit. OR at least get to a point where 1 extra item doesn't lead to 5 extra items! I think the couple of set backs I have had have taught me a lot. I know now that I can limit myself and even skip collections. Now I need to better understand why I just throw in the towel when I know I'm a little off my goal. Buying 4 when my goal is 3 is WAY BETTER than just saying "F IT" and getting 10 things!

Exactly! It's so easy to just add things on after you've already gone overboard. We'll have to work on this together this year! Still happy with my progress so far but I need to keep going.

 

[veronikawithak]

I have been berry berry good..

I only got my compact from AA.. but that was a known sin. Nothing else really blows smoke up my skirt from AA.

I did order some more things from Sephora (a teeny tiny box).. lol... and I got a few pieces of clothing for really hot beach weather -- no leather, no boots, no fur....just linens and cotton stuff to wear next week.

So, I will leave the chair for Pixie and Mosha.. who really deserve it.

I'm impressed @HerGreyness! Obviously a pass on the compact. We've been seeing you obsess about it for months lol. By the end I was like "somebody get this woman that damn compact!!"

I got a few clothing items a couple weeks ago too. I'm going to a conference next weekend so I need to get a carry on bag.. but other than that I'm hoping to really focus on not spending money in other areas too.

 

[User38]

I am more worried on re-packing and shipping this behemoth of a collection and clothing and shoes and shit.. lol

I will be moving again, with mom in tow, with parrots and all household by end of year.. and will be sheer hysteria.

 

[veronikawithak]

I am more worried on re-packing and shipping this behemoth of a collection and clothing and shoes and shit.. lol

I will be moving again, with mom in tow, with parrots and all household by end of year.. and will be sheer hysteria.

Hysteria? Sounds like you'll be right at home. A wise woman once told me.. "plod."

 

[User38]

Hysteria? Sounds like you'll be right at home. A wise woman once told me.. "plod."

I am doubting my plodding abilities.. lol

 

[veronikawithak]

I am doubting my plodding abilities.. lol

"If at first you don't succeed.. plod, plod again."

 

[User38]

"If at first you don't succeed.. plod, plod again."

truer words were never spoken

 

[Prettypackages]

I depotted a few things and got 3 new eyeshadows, through back to mac. I love the combos and I'm addicted. I want all the empties *arms outstretched* I even started depotting quads and messed up the dynamic duo 3 quad... oh well. I NEVER WORE IT. LOL But I think I'm going to quit while I'm ahead. LOL I know need to go through and see which lippies are old.

 

[Prettypackages]

I know I did.... HeeHee

That seems to be my problem too. Once I KNOW I'm going over my 3 item limit... it's like my brain process 4 items or 10 items the same way. In my mind a fail is a fail. So when I fail... I fail in an epic fashion! So I REALLY need to try to keep to my limit. OR at least get to a point where 1 extra item doesn't lead to 5 extra items! I think the couple of set backs I have had have taught me a lot. I know now that I can limit myself and even skip collections. Now I need to better understand why I just throw in the towel when I know I'm a little off my goal. Buying 4 when my goal is 3 is WAY BETTER than just saying "F IT" and getting 10 things!

this was so funny to me. Not in a condescending way but b/c I can relate! We'll figure it out.

 

[PixieDancer]

this was so funny to me. Not in a condescending way but b/c I can relate! We'll figure it out.

We will!! It's phase 2 of our therapy!

 

[Kaidan]

I don't know if this qualifies as being part of the low buy team, but as of late I've limited to buy only one up to four things from a few of the MAC collections.

Items bought so far:
Fantasy of Flowers: 1 lipstick (Dreaming Dahlia) and 1 MSF* (Perfect Topping) *my first MSF

By Request: 2 lipsticks (Pink Poodle and Hoop) and 1 lip gloss (Pink Poodle)

Playland: 2 lipsticks (Sweet Experience and Toying Around) and 2 lip glosses (Lots of Laughs* and Live it Up) *New favorite lip gloss

Proenza Schouler: 2 lipsticks (Pinkfringe and Mangrove), 2 blushes (Ocean City and Sunset Beach), and a free lip lip liner (High Energy) because I was given the wrong item

Maleficent: 1 beauty powder (Natural)

1 Patentpolish pencil (Go For Girlie)

1 Nail Polish and I'm seriously burned out in the np department (Orly Cheeky)

1 OCC liptar (Pool Boy)

1 Maybelline lipstick (975 Ravishing Rose at discount price)

2 Revlon lipsticks (Snow Peach and Jungle Peach at discount price)

I splurged a little too much on Guerlain though, mostly from the Spring collection. I bought the Crazy Paris rouge automatiques (Reflex and Illusion), the Blossom ones (Attrape-Coeur and Insolence), Les Tendres eyeshadow quad, and the eyebrow kit. I'm planning to buy the Nahema gloss and maybe Tonka Imperiale RA.

Items on heavy rotation:
Illamasqua Over lipstick
Dreaming Dahlia lipstick
Orly Cheeky, Cotton Candy, and Artificial Sweetener nail polishes
Revlon Sweetheart Kissable
Revlon Unapologetic Matte Kissable
Guerlain Champs-Elysees Rouge Automatique (it's a sample size)
Both of the Archie's Girls Pearlmattes
Sunset Beach blush (I use a wee bit with a soft brush but the item is basically and endless pit for me)

About to finish:
Guerlain Pampelune Shine Automatique
Too Faced Juicy Melon La Creme lipstick
MAC Hue lipstick
CK One Summer 2012 perfume *I can't wait to be done with that one


I want to get rid of a bunch of lipsticks (most of them are nudes) and nail polishes (most are China Glaze and LE) that I don't want/use anymore in order to make space. Not even one of my sisters, who is a bigger nail polish enthusiast than me, doesn't want them because she thinks they're not her type of colors.

 

[VAL4M]

Hello Guys!!!, long time no see. didn't have much time to come here much AND i'm NOT doing so well with my no buy. but I paid off one credit card AND one month and half of student loan left to pay. so progress on that front. But here my little story to warm your little heart. After purchasing 2 Wayne Goss eyeshadow brushes for a little over 90$ (shipping fees and pounds conversion to CAN)
I can of felt anxious that I was going to be tight with my budget and had the strong envy to purchase a lot of items from the MAC Alluring collection.
So yesterday I start ''stalking'' loose term if you refresh the MAC page every hour or so and went to bed a 11h30. This morning again I check and nothing, When I say checking is to go to the lip section and see if mystical was there (I really want one!) anyway, got to work and just left the page at the lipstick section and refresh every hour or so and then by mistake i closed the MAC page soooo I went back to the MAC page and their it was, the new collection up and almost everything sold out!!!!

There was just 2 eyeshadows that I wanted that was still available but I told myself it wasn't worth it to do an order for 2 eyeshadows. I didn't purchase anything!!!! this is KARMA!

 

[Glitteryvegas]

Yay @Audrey C! Keep powering through! You're my role model for finishing products just so you know.

All of my MAC purchases from LE collections have been lippies too lol: Morning Rose, Rose Lily, 4 of the Patentpolishes and Mystical. I had 5 lippies I've been trying to use up.. 1 got tossed, 1 finished, and the other 3 are over half gone now. Feels good to be finishing things but I've definitely added more than I've used up. Need to continue to work on that!

Successfully managed to purchase only my ONE item from AA that has been planned since the beginning of time.. Or at least since the color story came out. I've been enjoying my 1 item hauls.. I end up fawning over whatever I get and it sticks out in my mind as from a particular collection.

The only other thing I was tempted by was Silver Sun.. SOO tempted. I even had it in my cart. Still kind of thinking about it.. Maybe if it's still there tomorrow I'll go for it. Or if I miss it and regret it that bad I'll pick it up in store next Thursday.

Also had a fleeting moment where I wanted the bronzer again just for the compact. WHAT?! Had to seriously shake my head at myself and just STICK TO THE PLAN. It's AMAZING how thoughts like that creep back in when you're stalking. Fortunately I got a good sleep last night and wasn't part of the over-caffeinated feeding frenzy in that thread. Dodged a bullet there.

Good for you for sticking to the plan!

I purchased GOTS and Mystical lipsticks, plus Fathom's Deep ES. I'll be going next Thursday for Sea Worship and Silver Sun and Clear water lipglass. I want to use Gift Cards (mall/store gcs) for those. I'm hoping my lippies arrive safe and sound because they are precious cargo. During the Punk Couture release I ordered Instigator and it arrived broken, and I'll be devastated if these arrive broken/damaged. I think all should go well though!

Don't get the bronzer for the compact - I had those thoughts too, but seriously, just no. The compact is super, super pretty, but in Canada it's also crazy expensive, esp. if you don't love the product inside!!!!

 

[PeachTwist]

So I definitely broke my low-buy.

I don't care, though. I feel no guilt at all, lol.

UD Electric Palette
7 Hakuhodo Brushes
Bite Beauty Lip Duo in Violet
OCC Lip Pencil in Black Dahlia
OCC Lip Tar in Black Metal Dahlia (My first OCC purchases)
Boscia Blotting Linens
Peter Thomas Roth Un-Wrinkle Peel Pads Kit (for my Mom as an "extra" for her birthday)
Lancome Rouge In Love lipstick in..383N Midnight Crush
Lancome L'absolu Rouge in 352
Lancome La Base L'absolu Rouge


and with purchasing those 3 Lancome products I got 10 free Lancome products including:

Galateis Douceur - Gentle Softening Cleansing Fluid for Face & Eyes - 125ml/4.2 fl.oz
Bi-Facial - 125ml/4.2 fl.oz
Tonique Douceur - Softening Hydrating Toner Alcohol-Free - 125ml/4.2 fl.oz
Advanced Genefique Youth Activating Concentrate - 7ml
Blush Subtil - 021 Rose Paradis - 2.5g
Black Eye Kohl - 0.7g
Hypnose Mascara - 2ml
La Vie Est Belle Eau Du Parfum - 4ml
I traded the 2 samples I had for 2 I gave my Mom so I now have...
Hydra Zen Yeux - 5ml
Hydra Zen Moisturising Cream - 15ml
and she now has the anti-aging stuff.

I have some things in my basket on MAC but I plan on emptying it and just buying Toying Around when it finally releases. I missed out on the release of Maleficent but I only wanted the BP and possibly the LS but they're sold out, so I've skipped that collection.

Evidently, can't sleep.

I was sleeping and woke up hiccuping and vomiting in my mouth so figured it'd be wise to wake up and sit up instead of choking in my sleep. Once I can stop the hiccups though I'm going back to bed.

 

[PixieDancer]

Hello Guys!!!, long time no see. didn't have much time to come here much AND i'm NOT doing so well with my no buy. but I paid off one credit card AND one month and half of student loan left to pay. so progress on that front. But here my little story to warm your little heart. After purchasing 2 Wayne Goss eyeshadow brushes for a little over 90$ (shipping fees and pounds conversion to CAN)
I can of felt anxious that I was going to be tight with my budget and had the strong envy to purchase a lot of items from the MAC Alluring collection.
So yesterday I start ''stalking'' loose term if you refresh the MAC page every hour or so and went to bed a 11h30. This morning again I check and nothing, When I say checking is to go to the lip section and see if mystical was there (I really want one!) anyway, got to work and just left the page at the lipstick section and refresh every hour or so and then by mistake i closed the MAC page soooo I went back to the MAC page and their it was, the new collection up and almost everything sold out!!!!

There was just 2 eyeshadows that I wanted that was still available but I told myself it wasn't worth it to do an order for 2 eyeshadows. I didn't purchase anything!!!! this is KARMA!

HEYYYY babe!! Well... looks like AA forced you to skip it... at least for now. If that doesn't upset you too badly, it's probably for the best.
Good job on your financial goals being reached! The low-buy goals will come when you're ready... We are here for you!

 

[PeachTwist]

Hello Guys!!!, long time no see. didn't have much time to come here much AND i'm NOT doing so well with my no buy. but I paid off one credit card AND one month and half of student loan left to pay. so progress on that front. But here my little story to warm your little heart. After purchasing 2 Wayne Goss eyeshadow brushes for a little over 90$ (shipping fees and pounds conversion to CAN)
I can of felt anxious that I was going to be tight with my budget and had the strong envy to purchase a lot of items from the MAC Alluring collection.
So yesterday I start ''stalking'' loose term if you refresh the MAC page every hour or so and went to bed a 11h30. This morning again I check and nothing, When I say checking is to go to the lip section and see if mystical was there (I really want one!) anyway, got to work and just left the page at the lipstick section and refresh every hour or so and then by mistake i closed the MAC page soooo I went back to the MAC page and their it was, the new collection up and almost everything sold out!!!!

There was just 2 eyeshadows that I wanted that was still available but I told myself it wasn't worth it to do an order for 2 eyeshadows. I didn't purchase anything!!!! this is KARMA!

You could've bought more Hakuhodo brushes for that price instead of just 2 of his. Then again, that would be hoarding... but I am also enabling Hakuhodo over WG because I'm no longer a fan of him.

Congrats on your finances, though! You're doing really well!

 

[PixieDancer]

You could've bought more Hakuhodo brushes for that price instead of just 2 of his. Then again, that would be hoarding... but I am also enabling Hakuhodo over WG because I'm no longer a fan of him.

Congrats on your finances, though! You're doing really well!

Yeah. After your scuffle w him, I have NO more lemmings for his overpriced brushes... I don't care how nice they are! He is in that scary time out chair too!! LOL

 

[PeachTwist]

You could've bought more Hakuhodo brushes for that price instead of just 2 of his. Then again, that would be hoarding... but I am also enabling Hakuhodo over WG because I'm no longer a fan of him.

Congrats on your finances, though! You're doing really well!
Yeah. After your scuffle w him, I have NO more lemmings for his overpriced brushes... I don't care how nice they are! He is in that scary time out chair too!! LOL

LOL! That time out chair is quite scary. I should probably take a turn sitting in it myself considering how much I hauled. Oops? Haha! His brushes are definitely manufactured by Hakuhodo anyway - may as well just buy direct from them for cheaper than his damn name slapped on the handle. Pfft.

 

[singer82]

Pixie I will gladly sit in your time out chair with you any day. Let's do this!! Lol Oh peachtwist you made me tear up. I'm so sorry you are going through all of this. Wish I knew the words. Breaks my heart to see such a sweetheart go through all of that. My prayers are with you and your mom. Guilty! Yes I'm 31 and I'm a simmer! I'm not ashamed! Lol Can't wait for it

I just found a new reason to low-buy. IDK if there are any other Simmers here but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmtGfTj-to LOOK AT THIS ITS GLORIOUS I HAVE TO HAVE IT THE DAY IT COMES OUT IDK MAYBE I'LL PREORDER Okay sorry. But I have to have this and I think it'll be about $60 when it comes out so I'll put back a little money here and there for it.