Returned a $300 Impulse Buy
A couple weeks ago, I impulsively spent $300 on a dutch oven, and immediately regretted it. I tried to cancel the order online, but wasn't able to. It arrived, I took it out of the box and tried to convince myself to keep it, but I couldn't. It sat in the box on my counter for a week, before I called and asked to return it. I also found out I could have canceled the order, I just had to call them....I took it to ups today to calculate shipping, and it was going to be $70, so I decided to keep it. I went to the store and bought some stuff for dinner to test out the new pot, but I couldn't bring myself to take it out of the box again. I looked around online, and was able to ship it for $28. I printed off the label at home and dropped it off at the usps self service kiosk. After dropping it off, I felt regret creep up, but I reminded myself "well, it's too late now." I'm really happy I returned it. Two of my siblings told me to keep it, but I'm really glad I didn't. I'm in debt, I'm broke, I paid via buy now pay later, so I really couldn't afford it. I made bean soup in one of the old hand me down pots I already have, and it was delicious.
I feel like I made progress today by returning something I have wanted for a long time, but just can't afford. Now time to tackle my debt, and maybe I'll buy a $300 dutch oven to celebrate when I'm done...but probably not lol.