The buying boycott is over

I cheated twice. Kind of.

1. Beau gave me a watercolor (that he'd whipped out in an hour; I couldn't produce anything similar even if I had 100 hours). I bought a $6.99 frame to protect it. 
2. On the last day of Boycott Month (Saturday) I bought a cookie-recipe magazine, but I justified it because I was making cookies for the United Way bake sale that happens today at work.

I felt a little bad, but I feel better coming clean. Still, spending less than $20 bucks on myself for a month is pretty good. Oh, and I got some Christmas shopping done to boot!

I win!