We all have our “vices” right? That’s at least what I keep telling myself every time I look into my husband’s closet. This man has more shoes than I have ever had in my life. Behold my husband’s running shoe addiction below…there are over 20 pairs of running shoes here plus he has more sprawled around the house.
I would love to use the excuse “Why don’t you throw them away because you only wear a few of them?”, but the sad fact is he wears every single one of them. In fact when we got to the gym usually he will bring three pairs of shoes: shoes to wear to the gym, warm up shoes and then the shoes for his workout.
Now I know where all our money goes. JK! We all have our vices – the things we want to spend money on. In all honesty he hasn’t gotten a new pair of shoes in almost 6 months which is big for him! He doesn’t spend money on anything else, that is his thing and when we have extra money he is always browsing the internet for a new pair of shoes.
I started to think though – what are my vices? What are the things that when I do have money I want to buy?
Here are a few of the things I choose to spend money on:
1. Clothes – Running clothes and non-running clothes. I’m not picky.
2. Vacations – It has been almost 2 years since we’ve gotten a real vacation.
3. Hair Products – I know it’s a little odd.
Other things I could care less about. I will buy the cheapest makeup, dye my own hair, paint my own nails and go months without getting even a trim to my hair. Some things a lot of women spend big money on. To each their own.
How about that for random this morning? On to my weekly recap:
Monday (3/9)
Running: 4.05 miles
Pool Running: 30 minutes
Strength Training: 20 minutes
Tuesday (3/10)
Running: 4.15 miles
Strength Training: 25 minutes
Wednesday (3/11)
Pool Running: 90 minutes
Thursday (3/12)
Running: 4.01 miles
Walking: 15 minutes
Pool Running: 30 minutes
Friday (3/13)
Running: 3.01 miles
Saturday (3/14)
Rest Day
Sunday (3/15)
Running: 3.01 miles
I worked a lot this weekend so cut my workouts shorter during the weekend and did a little extra throughout the week. That just seems to be how my schedule works out lately.
Continuing with the random theme of today’s post. I found these beauties at the store Friday:
I love laffy taffy. I had no idea they made jelly beans! Has anyone else heard of this before?!
I love February – April because they always come out with the chocolate marshmallow hearts/eggs depending on the season. They are my favorite candy EVER. I just saw these MINI eggs in the store. I am speechless.
I am going to be in trouble if I hang around those aisles too long.
Tell me, how did your training go this week?
What are some of your vices? The things you choose to spend money on?
Favorite candy of all time?
My vices are Running/workout clothes. I’m in all kinds of sporting goods stores all day for work and stuff is always catching my eye. It is bad.Guilty on the running shoe thing as well but those are more often online purchases. I also do love to “treat” myself to a pedicure. It is just so relaxing to me.
Favorite Candy………Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Especially the holiday ones…..they are so “Fresh”. Happy Sunday!!!!!!
Oh yes there is nothing better than a good pedicure!
I spend money on workout gear! I’ve been buying a lot of cycling stuff lately, and it’s expensive. I also spend a lot of my money on eating out.
Yes workout gear is a big weakness of mine. I didn’t even thinking of eating out – yes that is also big for us!
Haha on the shoes – I am not one to say that anyone is ‘wrong’ in their habits, but based on what the closet looks like I wonder the extent to which he knows the condition of the various pairs. But then again, so long as he knows which few are ‘good’ then he should be able to rotate fresh shoes to avoid extra stress on his feet.
Funny that on my Saturday post I talked about the benefits of shoe rotation – Wes has embraced that TO THE EXTREME!
My wife likes to joke that my ‘vice’ is grocery shopping … I like to keep us stocked with a variety of healthy options for all occasions 🙂 While it is good in theory, I definitely go too far – not to the point we ever throw food away, but it is more ‘budget friendly’ to only go weekly and work with what you have.
Other than that I spend very little on myself, really. I also get too many items for my other writing gigs. I am looking at a stack of 7 iPad Air cases/covers on my counter right now, for example. Ugh! The clutter!
I have gotten him to throw a few pairs out now and then 🙂 He usually will run in them until he can’t anymore or they are WAY too worn down. At least he gets full use out of them. I’ll give him credit there!
Oh yes, he rotates his shoes ALL THE TIME! HAHA!
We have learned so much about budgeting and figuring out what we need vs what we want during this time of being on a very tight budget. While it has been hard I really think it has been beneficial for us as well!
Wow! That’s a lot of shoes! I definitely don’t spend money on clothes or beauty items (can’t remember the last time I went shopping “just because”) but I do splurge often on food and nutrition products that I definitely don’t need!
We all have our thing 🙂 As long as we recognize it – I think it’s a good thing!
Darling, you don’t want to see my closet. I work for a Fleet Feet and one of the occupational hazards is a closet that literally looks 89 times worse than your husbands 🙁
My vice would definitely have to be new cosmetics. I love trying any new beauty product that comes out on the market, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Admission is the first step in recovery, right?
Oh goodness – if I worked at Fleet Feet I would be BROKE!!
That is very true 🙂 I do the same thing with hair products, we all have our “thing” – it’s OK as long as we can admit it 🙂
Nice job on the running! I bet you feel GREAT. How is Wes doing? My training this week was awesome. 4 days of running, 2 cross training and today total rest. My vices are workout clothes that I wear for “regular” clothes. I work from home 3 days per week so just like to wear cute/comfortable clothes. I like all kinds of candy but we can’t keep Wether’s or Coffee Nips in the house because I have zero control over myself when those are around 🙂
I am feeling really great! I am excited for a new week!
Wes is doing great. His training so far has been positive, so keeping our fingers crossed but so far so good.
I completely get your workout/regular clothes – I always look for clothes I can use for both! I too work from home some days and I need something that doesn’t make me look awful when I have to be in public 🙂
My vice is clothing at a bargain. I will not spend full price for anything. I wait until I find it for a good price or I do without. I latest deal was a pair of Nine West boots $160 on clearance for $40. I held out two years for the “perfect pair” and these were a great find! I never used to be this way. If I wanted a pair of shoes or a cute top, I would just go buy them. I am like you with makeup, hair and nails too. I can’t remember when someone else painted my nails- LOL
I’d say that is a pretty good vice to have! Especially when it is involves SAVING money! 🙂
Lol…I can relate to your husband’s shoe thing. I have a ton myself. I actually just donated a bunch last weekend to a local running store. I wasn’t wearing them anymore. I’m not sure why I thought I still needed them. I like to spend my money on workout gear and shoes (obviously) too.
Haha glad to hear he is not the only one 🙂 When we move in a few months I am making him go through all of his to make sure he REALLY needs them. We will see! 🙂
Sara, I just found your blog in the past week and have been getting caught up, but your husband’s shoes look like my fiancees. I know it’s not in the budget now, but we finally got a couple of these, http://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-and-Gardens-16-Pair-Shoe-Organizer-Fresh-Ivory/21942940, so our house didn’t always have piles of shoes everywhere! It’s been a lifesaver, of course now the hard part is getting him to actually put his shoes in there, but he can see them all at once instead of digging.
Terri thanks for the recommendation! That looks GREAT! I think I would have to get 4-5 of those to fit, but yes I hope we can find a way to organize them. I’ve kind of given up for now but when we move we need to find SOMETHING! 🙂
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