So here's a confession, I'm a shopaholic. Unfortunately I always have been, and it seems to be hereditary. Deciding to go 30 days without buying things I don't really need was always going to be a challenge, unsurprisingly.

So far I'm a week in (as I write this) and I'm surviving, just! Sure those daily deal emails & retail newsletters sit in my inbox a little less longer than normal, and Auckland's High Street gets walked up a lot faster than usual, but I am coping, sort of...

I have to confess though that the retail police may find me getting these (see below) done last week as a minor offense. In fairness, my appointment was made long before the 30 Day Challenge was even thought up.