finances

i've been concentrating on paying off my credit lately. it seems that i'm always sort of concentrating on it, but i feel like just in the past month or so i've actually started to make some kind of progress and put some kind of dent on it. the really really heart-breaking part about it is that i've been making higher payments and doing better because i haven't bought one thing since i've dedicated myself. well i mean, i've bought things, like groceries, and little things here and there. but i usually will buy a couple things at H&M during lunch on paydays, and it is prime fall shopping season. i did buy a pair of shoes from Target, but i'm going to have to return them due to fugly-ness. and it's my mom's birthday this weekend, and i normally spend a little bit more than i did this year on a gift, but i got her what she wanted instead of something frivulous. i'm starting to think that maybe i had a shopping problem and somehow i've curbed it for awhile. i've bought everything i've needed. there's things i'm dying for: new makeup, a long sweater for work, a white and blue striped shirt to wear under my vests, and a pair of work pants, but i can wait i guess. i can certainly live without them for awhile.