My Snowflaking Job

At the beginning of October I started my snowflaking job. The purpose of the income from this job is to help release my debt shackles. The job is at a women's clothing store. I love clothes and I love to shop. So as you can imagine, working in this store is synonymous to my having chocolate chip cookies in my house. I used to buy them and say they were for my family, but I would always eat the bulk of them. I love chocolate chip cookies!

One of the things that I don't like about my snowflaking job is that to get the employee discount you have to have the store credit card and put the purchase on that card. So I think to myself, "No problem." Then I mentally remind myself of the purpose of this income.

Anyway, after the second weekend I decided that I needed two pairs of pants that I could wear with flat comfortable shoes because my feet hurt so bad after standing on them in heels all day on Saturday and Sunday. With my employee discount of 50% off each pair, I put $100 on that card. Do I have the cash in hand to pay it off right away? Of course not! The very next thought I had was that this is dangerous. I'm falling into my same old habits and behaviors! I definitely need to make some rules about using my employee discount. Especially since I have to use the store credit card in order to take advantage of it. Also, I think it makes sense to set aside 10-20% of my weekly income to use as a clothing allowance.

I guess I really need to focus on setting up a budget. Oh, all right. I'll make the commitment right now. I am going to set up a draft budget by the end of this weekend. Wish me luck!