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Ellen Mote's avatar

Love this so much, and desperately want a follow up. Can we expect that???

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

Yes! I'll give a brief summary in my intros to hold me accountable! Nervous though!!!

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Mrs. Monica Saba's avatar

This is inspiring me and feels doable. My clothes’ spending has been out of control —the sales are so good. But so is saving money for a spendy vacay in the fall. Future me will thank me for the “better” hotel. 🤗

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

Yes!!! I can’t wait to hear about the upgraded travel.

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Ellen Forrest's avatar

I try to do at least on "no buy month" each year and I've found it shifts my perspective towards appreciating what I already have. As a fellow instant gratification girlie, it's a great reminder to pause and determine if a purchase is really going to add value against items you already own. Good luck!!!

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

Love this!! Thank you!

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Amanda Eisenberg's avatar

Thinking about NBJ when the devil tempts me (Nordstrom Anniversary Sale)

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

Ooooof that’s a tough one. The devil works hard but holiday sales work harder

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Jen McGeary's avatar

My husband and I are trying this, after a bit of a spending spree for the last few months. We're only buying essentials, and I can't believe how hard it is. I've seen so many ads for cute shorts and skirts for summer. But I already have shorts and skirts, so I click away. Amazon Prime makes impluse buys too easy across the board. Hopefully, it'll get easier and I'll be able to restrain myself when we don't have the "rule" in place.

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

Yes!! I'm hoping after a week there's less temptation!

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Ash W's avatar

I feel like you burrowed into my notes app and read my July goals / plan verbatim. Apple Pay has too little friction when it comes to impulse buying and it’s not been good for ye olde bank account. I also paired this with deleting my IG because so many of my shoppies / Apple Pay clicks come from the swipe up links. Godspeed to you through this month!

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

OMG we are simpatico - I did a mini social cleanse (48h) and it was LOCO. I give you a lot of credit!!!!

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Ash W's avatar

Girl I’m 36 hours into it and already jonesing for a fix. I’ll wait until the end of July to accept any credit 😭

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Shay's avatar

I support ALL of this except the statement necklace :)

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

I'll take what I can get but I will be wearing the necklace upon arrival *smooches*

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Sandy Sanchez's avatar

Love these rules!!! I’m doing NBJ too (never done a no buy month before) so it’ll be interesting lol

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Ariel LaFond's avatar

SAME!! Sending love and light.

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