It’s only fair to tell you, I do this every year. Among the many, many resolutions I make, there’s always one that involves “I will not go shopping unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

I have never kept this resolution. :)

I think I could do less shopping, though. There’s always room for improvement. But sometimes, it just seems more frugal and practical to shop. Yardsales come to mind. I live in the north, so yardsales are seasonal. If I tried the “shopping less” resolution during the short season, I might miss some incredible bargains. So I tell myself…

Excepting grocery shopping, I haven’t gone shopping this year. Yes, I realize the year is only 5 days old. But it’s something.

I do think that I could save TIME by not shopping so much. So I’m going to cut back…on grocery shopping. I’ve been hitting the grocery stores way too often (one of the pitfalls of working walking distance from a very nice grocery store.) Once a week should suffice.

There it is. My goal. Stay tuned for how well I actually do.