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"I think we need to be better about sticking to a budget."

When my husband whispered these sweet words to me he was really saying, "All of our finances are in line, except for all of your little impulse buys." He tried to trick me by saying putting a budget into effect would include keeping track of car payments, insurance, tithes, loan repayment, groceries... oh and also a weekly "allowance" of funds for the both of us. But I am no fool- he doesn't need to be more careful about the monthly bills, he already does very well with that... and you know he does not need to allot himself a weekly allowance (all he does is buy gas, and try as I might, he does not consider that a personal purchase for himself). Anyway, this new "budgeting", as it were, is all about yours truly.

Because I have a problem. I don't necessarily go overboard with the latest fashions- seriously I am far from "fashionable", but if there is a great sale at Banana Republic I can smell it from miles away. I do not know how to say no to a good deal. And I am not ridiculous about home decor (trust me, everything in my house does not match) but if I spot a seasonal candle or an inspirational trinket, you can count me in. Or, I will go to CVS for a prescription and the next thing I know I have an armful of 10 other things that I do not know how I have lived without! (a new sponge, nail polish, candy to put out for friends who stop by, some swiffer product, new lotion that promises to actually hydrate...) I guess it is just those little things that add up.

My husband is a good man-- but if you are reading this, dear husband, I ask you, "Why, why me, why, why, why!?!" He says he is not telling me "no" about anything. I just will have to think about what I am spending more than I have before. Which I know is good for me. I know it is, and I don't need to make all these little impulse buys. Really. It just seems so hard though. You know, to act like a real grown-up and be wise, or whatever.

I guess I just needed to get that out. He really is a kind and gracious man. And I am thankful for my budget. But just one question- if he doesn't spend his weekly money, could that go to my fund? Kind of like rollover minutes? Shared by the whole family? Just a question.