I Broke My Low Spend This Month

I broke my Low Spend this month.

According to my self-imposed rules, I’m only allowed 6 items and I’ve already gone through those. The pair of running shoes I bought this month makes 7 items.

But I’m not ashamed of it. It was for a good reason.

I workout often and I recently got shin splints on the front of my legs. I didn’t know that could happen on the front of your legs— for whatever reason I thought shin splints were on the back of your legs. (Did you know they can happen on the front of your legs?!) And a big part of the reason I got shin splints is because I was using inadequate footwear.

So, I went to Fleetfeet, got one of their fancy (free) shoe fittings and bought myself a new pair of workout shoes. I don’t regret it. I’m getting older and some things are just necessary. The flat shoes I wore for most of my life just aren’t doing it anymore. I could’ve used this as an excuse to keep spending, but I didn’t, at least for the time being.

Honestly, at the end of this Low Spend, I’ll probably spend some more money on…