My personal economic bail out plan!

I am $850.37 richer. Whoohoo!! That's a lot of money. How did I get it? I returned things that I never used, never opened, never wore or were otherwise taking up space in my house...and sucking my pocketbook dry.

I am an impulse shopper. If I see something that looks interesting, that I could possibly need, or I think I will need, I buy it. It's a terrible habit I have developed while racing through the store with three little kids that want to be home. No time to think, just grab and buy. It has got to stop. The state of the economy had me thinking, and not sleeping. During those early morning hours, I started cleaning house, cleaning out closets...and finding stuff. It didn't take very long before I had collected quite a haul. Yesterday, I returned it all....and added up the receipts. The number hit me in the gut. Big words like recession, economic depression, stock market crash, economic bail out plan run through my head. I thought I was minding my budget, apparently not as well as I thought. The solution is simple, I need a personal economic bail out plan.  Until I figure one out, I am locking myself in the house. 

This is an original Silicon Valley moms blog post by Heather. While locked in the house, Heather hopes to keep her sanity by posting more blogs.