[quote=BellaBoo]Save it for good is a term I heard all my childhood. I had to change out of school clothes the minute I came home, Sunday clothes were only wore on Sunday. Good shoes were only wore with the Sunday clothes. I had to take care of what I had because more was not an option.
That scared me to not want to use anything nice I had.
I read this message , and thought I could have written those exact words. I still have this impulse to "save it for good". I realized how badly it affected me this year. I typically pruchase some summer clothing at the end of the season ( good sales). This year I opened my container of summer clothes and found several items purchased in years past that I had been "saving for good". All still had the price tags on them because that is how I signal to myself ..."is this a good enough occasion to wear something new?". And it was abvious that the answer had always been ... no not yet.
I am always trying now to be concious of this mind set, and bring about some change and tell myself "Now is good enough! ".