Going home and not going broke

So far, I haven't been doing that great in Don't Go Over in October. I've really only had two purchasing slip-ups, but one was major and resulted in the purchase of these beauties.My reason? I had a dream that I was supposed to wear blue shoes with the dress I'm wearing to a wedding in November. The shoes in my dream didn't look exactly like the Steve Madden shoes above but they were close. Plus, they were almost half off the retail price, and only one pair was left in my size. I can probably pull more reasons out of my ass if you'd like.

I also spent money on a friend's birthday that I hadn't accounted for, because I'm a bad friend and forgot about her birthday until the last minute. If I had remembered earlier, I could have made her something instead. :|

My saving grace this month is that I'm going to be in Baltimore for almost a week with my mom and brother, and being in Baltimore means I won't spend any money. Don't tell me I'm not the only one who takes advantage of free meals when they're home.

I might actually even come home with something new, like a pedicure! It's something my mom and I like to do together. A fun day for us consists of eating tapas at the restaurant connected to the Charles Theater, seeing an independent movie that no one back home in Chicago will see with me, and getting pedicures.

Being here until Wednesday means I'll hardly spend any money from today until October 28th. That means I only have 3 days when I get back to Chicago to keep up with my budget. For that, I'm thankful! Aaaand, so is my bank account.