This year hasn't been great on the spending front. I've fallen into old patterns while being depressed. I think I'm going to have just under $10K in debt at the end of the year.
My problem areas have been dining out, personal care (hair cuts, manicures, etc), clothes (I love the site eshakti.com, and have bought myself too many dresses, and of course I love shoes), medical (my benefits did not cover what I thought they did), house repairs (new washer and dryer), gifts (my son's birthday present cost more than I thought - but he does love it, I will just have to be more careful at Christmas).
I cancelled a trip I was planning for next year (in prior years I probably would have continued), but I can't seem to curb the rest of the spending. If my budget is correct, the rest of the year should be better under control (dining out probably won't be).
Next year I'll have even less money as I do not expect a good bonus (or at least not as good as last year's). So, I'll really have to watch my spending - especially now that I have a good chunk of debt to repay.
I'm hoping my depression swings closer to manic (which is at least good for work) and I can stop wanting to spend money all the time.
