Ok so spent a few hours thinking about how I am going to justify buying and spending money and I now know that this will be a work in progress.... not all rules will be made by Monday morning...

Here are the things I do know. 
1. Christmas Gifts for the Boyfriend (super wonderful boyfriend of 7 yrs) will be bought.
2. An occasional splurge is ok. (i.e. celebratory Mani. and Pedi., or a garage sale treasure, etc. )
3. I am allowed to obtain new stuff if it is free, however I have to keep purging if I do get new stuff
 --- I get a lot of coupons for free items or dollar amounts off a purchase, A lot of $10 off of $10 coupons for department stores and rewards coupons
4. Small items are allowed to be purchased in order to use a larger item (if i need a tube of $2.00 glue in order to make a $40.00 gift with items I already have, thats ok)

This whole experience is really exciting to me, I just want to start delving into it and start creating and using and writing about it, but really nothing will change other than instead of rushing out to the store to buy I will be rushing to the closet to see what i can use.  Shopping is a serious habit of mine, a bad one but a serious one. I wonder if I will go thru withdraw. I wonder how hard it will be. I am alreday panicking over no manicures and pedicures. I swear I am not high maintenance, but I may be lazy and clumsy and having to paint my own nails feels overwhelming to me right now.   Silly, right? 

I think I will take some pictures tonight of all my closets; closets that I will be digging into over the next few months finding items that I will be using until I am out of stuff or out of patience. I am kind of excited for Monday!