Haha — I also had to cut back on my boxes. My friends pretty much had to have an intervention, particularly when I was giving away many of the things in my boxes. “YOU DO NOT NEED ALL THIS STUFF!” was pretty much the unanimous proclamation. I think at one point I was getting 20 of them. I’m not even kidding.
I too had to cut mine down to Ipsy, Birchbox and Skoshbox (Japanese/Asian snacks) – all in the $10 to $12 range.
I (sadly) gave up Fancy, PopSugar, GlossyBox, Wantable (the accessories AND makeup boxes), Beauty Army, Blush Mystery Box, FabFitFun, Yuzen, Phone Case of the Month, Loot Crate, the much-missed Little Black Bag and a couple of Quarterly boxes. WOOOOOO!!!! It was a tiny addiction, to put it mildly. 🙂 Looking back, it all seems slightly manic to me. I’m blaming it on a teeny midlife crisis or something.
I’m a freelance writer, so if I happen to have a good month, I’ll splurge on a three-month subscription to PopSugar and occasionally order Q Box (“Monthly Cute and Fun from Japan and South Korea”). Those are sort of my rewards for writing my fingers to the bone. I like the $100-range, three-month subscription option for PopSugar, along with the fact that you don’t have to commit to Q Box — I can order each month in advance if my budget permits. Those kind of options at least make those boxes occasionally attainable as a way to treat myself. Once in a while I’ll go for Golden Tote, too. But YES, it definitely has to be something that’s budgeted or it can get out of control. The boxes are fun. The credit card statements are not. :-\
I just ordered a three-month subscription to PopSugar again, starting with this March box, so it better be good! The only thing that irks me is that returning customers can’t seem to use the coupon code. You’d think they’d want us back!
Citrus is my favorite scent, so yay! Candle, please!
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