Learning How NOT to Shop!

Published August 24, 2010 |

Recently I was asked to review this book, Shotgun Shopping by Sheevaun Moran, for my blog Books 4 Moms. I was really pleased with the book, loved reading it, and realized that I needed to do more than just read it. This book really spoke to me. I knew that I could learn a lot from it. I knew I needed to go through the book again and do all of the lessons and exercises thoroughly. That’s when I decided that I would blog about each step and how it’s going as well! That way you all can see how well it works and see if it’s something you want to do.

So the first “Mini lesson” is about buying shoes. And it just so happens that I need to buy some shoes! I know, crazy coincidence huh! LOL! I need two different types of shoes. I need some tennis shoes (running/jogging/walking/exercise type shoes, that I never wear for exercising unless you consider walking around the store exercise), and I need some sandals. It’s kinda the wrong time of year for sandals, but well, I’m going to stay optimistic about it anyway.

The lesson says

Shoes are the ideal item because they are easy to buy on the fly and a perfect example of how “Shotgun Shopping” works. They are small, portable and can be tried on in the quickest manner…. So if the shoe fits only buy it — if you really need it and it’s exactly what you want as well as the price you want to pay and in your budget.

So basically this is what I’m supposed to do.

Make a list of the shoes I want in detail (size, color, brand, etc) with the price I want to pay (with or less written next to it) with the date I want to buy them by (or sooner written next to it).

This list MUST be hand written, not on the computer. Sheevaun Moran says that writing it on the computer doesn’t give you the same “feel” or the same importance as a hand written list. So that is what I’m going to do (and I hate hand writing anything!).

This is my list!

So now what I have to do is keep the list with me at all times and when I go shopping I can bring it out and see if the shoe fits. Pun intended! hehehe When I find the shoes, I will tell you all about it!

Now, I’m not going to blog about this at regular intervals… we all know how well I do with regular blogging. LOL! What I will be doing is blogging about this when I’m working on the lessons though. And when I actually do the Shotgun Shopping, I’ll let you know how it turns out, what I get, and for how much! Then hopefully, we’ll all learn a little something about manifesting what we want together! So stay tuned and wish me luck!