Spend savvier, save smarter: 5 tips to stop stress-spending
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This story was originally published on Sept. 23, 2020, and has been updated.
We've all bought things we don't need: that candy bar at the grocery store checkout, those aspirational ice skates we definitely plan to use this winter.
Unnecessary spending looks different for everyone, but regardless of our financial situation, we could all stand to stretch our dollar a little further. Tiffany Aliche, better known as the Budgetnista, is a personal finance expert and educator — and she gets it.
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"We impulse-shop because it feels good in the moment, right? It's like the Band-Aid," she says. "It's the cool glass of water on a really hot summer's day."
It's OK to do a little comfort shopping, especially in these tough times — "but what I've learned is to impulse-shop within parameters," Aliche says.
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