Personal Journal 6.2

I spend money impulsively. The satisfying short-term consequences of my impulse is that I feel happier after shopping, like I have filled a gap within me. The long-term consequences of m impulse is our financial ruin. We are all full time students and there is no "fun" money to spend on unneeded things. My impulsive buying habits often stress my husband out. He has trust issues when I say I am going to spend $20.00 on new jeans that I don't really mean $120.00. In my situation the short-term positive effects do not out weigh the negative effects. My spending money we don't have is putting our family into hardships that can be avoided. I would have to put a great effort into reminding myself to stop-think-decide. Though my husband is a great reminder to me that we can not spend.