Holidays are dangerous for spenders

I have a wonderful job in that I can't take lunch breaks outside the office. At first, it irritated me to no end. How could they stop me from walking outside, having lunch at a restaurant with friends or even coffee out? What about errands? It's now a blessing in disguise. My work is situated near a trendy street with a good amount of shops and restaurants and I probably would have spent lots of money I don't have on stuff I don't really need.

Free time can be dangerous for a debtor like myself.

For example. I had this entire week off for the Passover holiday. Lovely, eh? But today I roamed around the local mall, and decided to do the holiday thing and spend money on myself. I wandered into my favorite clothing store and tried on a bunch of stuff. I walked out with two things - a top and a pair of pants.

This was an impulsive buy. I had the money for it, but the articles of clothing were not to be on my shopping list until August when clothing is 50%. I tried to assuage my guilt by thinking to myself that the clothing I bought may have sold out by the time the sales hit. I just hoped for a better day and am thankful that the holiday is nearly over. Because then I can stay in my "lock-up" job where they won't let me out for lunch breaks, and I'll be able to save myself from myself.