No spend January

Last year we did a no spend January and really enjoyed it so we�ve upped it for 2018 to three no spend months this year. It�s a real eye-opener to see the amount of money that is spent on frivolous things such as coffee at Starbucks, orange juice from the vending machine at work, etc. Obviously money will be spent during our no spend months but only for items that are needed. No new pair of shoes, no trying of new face/hair products and no snacks from that damn vending machine at work. We haven�t decided yet if we should strip out date nights at restaurants for our no spend months but we decided that for the month of January we would.

I should note that any arrangements I made prior to January I decided I would keep; like the brunch date with Cinthia last weekend and a dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday this weekend.

Doing this really allows me to focus on the things that I already have and I feel such gratefulness when I realize all that I really do have. It�s not necessarily a bad thing to want a little more but it is such a great quality to feel content for what you already do have.

Have you done no spend months? How did it go? And if yes, are you doing it again this year?