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No-Buy Month: How did it go?

18/04/2016

The 24th of March I started the first no-buy month of my life. I’m currently saving up for an amazing trip to Poland which my best friend where we plan to shop a lot, so to me this seemed like the perfect moment to do a no-buy month. Because I’m almost done with my no-buy month I thought it’d be fun to give you guys a little update on how it went and how I experienced the past couple of weeks. If you’re interested in reading more about that, make sure you keep on reading!

Well let’s start off with saying it’s hard. It can be very hard. It’s not that I’m addicted to shopping (well, okay maybe) but it’s just that sometimes you see something you really want, and you can’t buy it. You have to be patient. And even though I can be very patient, I can also be very impatient too.

The easiest days were the days I was locked up in my room to study for my exams or at work. Those days I had lots of distraction. But the days I was free and had nothing to do, it was really hard for me not to go shopping or buy things online.

The two things I experienced as the most difficult are:

  1. Not being able to shop online
  2. Not being able to buy myself a gift because I passed all my exams

It might sound stupid, but online shopping is one of my favourite things to do. When I’m at home, chilling, I’m always on the internet looking for new interesting makeup products to try out. The problem was that I couldn’t buy those things this month, which was by far one of the most difficult things.

But the thing that was even more difficult than that was not buying myself something after my exams. It might be a little weird but I like treating myself with some new makeup whenever I do something real good. Especially when it comes to school things. Last week I passed 3 important exams and I just wasn’t able to buy myself something. Even though I know I shouldn’t make such a big deal out of it, it’s just something I struggled with.

But at the end of the day I can say that I made it. I managed to stop shopping for one entire month. The only thing I bought was a gift for my boyfriend and some food from time to time (because I don’t think you should starve because you are doing a no-buy month). I’m quite proud that I made it and I hope some of you who were or currently are doing a no-buy month will be able to make it through too! Goodluck to you guys!

And that was it, I hope you enjoyed reading today’s post and let me know if you have ever done a no-buy month and if so let me know how it went!

XOXO, Nicole.

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  1. Jolanda says

    18/04/2016 at 6:08 AM

    Goed gedaan! Het niet online shoppen zou mij ook het zwaarst vallen. Is zo lekker makkelijk en snel
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  2. Mariska says

    18/04/2016 at 7:51 AM

    Na de no-buy kan je jezelf weer belonen met iets heel moois! Op je vakantie bijvoorbeeld 😀 Vind dat je het goed volhoudt! Een maand niks kopen zou mij niet lukken.
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  3. jeapiebel says

    18/04/2016 at 8:06 AM

    Ik had hier er overgelezen van jouw comment op een andere blog. Ik zal voorlopig niet willen meedoen. 😉 Goed dat jij het doet.

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  4. natiza says

    18/04/2016 at 6:28 PM

    Ik wou dat zelf ook eens doen no-buy… Maar ik was al bij de eerste week gekapt hahahaha!
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    • Nicolished says

      18/04/2016 at 6:29 PM

      Hahaha het is ook echt best wel verschrikkelijk hoor. Ik weet niet of ik het snel nog eens zou doen. Liever een no buy week dan haha.

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  5. Janneke | Crafty Time says

    18/04/2016 at 8:07 PM

    Ik ben op dit moment ook bezig om zo weinig tot niks te kopen aangezien ik heel graag een nieuwe camera wil kopen. Ik vind het echt super lastig haha.
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    • Nicolished says

      18/04/2016 at 8:08 PM

      Ja het is lastig he! Succes!

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