angie, i find myself doing it all the time, didn't realise until recently i was watching what the shopping came to and then deciding how they would pay and think ouch that is going to hurt, Credit Card are you paying it off in full? i know one of the girls i work with, uses hers for shopping and petrol and pays it in full every month so they can receive air miles/ holiday vouchers and they do really well out of it, as they stick by it, only wish i could have used it to my advantage!!
i did at first feel like i had lost something not being able to go in the shop regardless if i could afford it, it hurts more now having to tell the kids no, but that is my fault, as they thought they could get anything they wanted, and now i have to learn to say no, even bigger NO!!
its now trying to teach them that no means no, and you can't have it, even just to shut them up, which is a good thing, because before i was giving into them too lightly, of course we want to buy them everything but we arent' teaching them anything by giving into them all the time so we are all in a learning curve in this household
kerri
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