How can I stop constantly spending money on books?

I can't control my book shopping! I still have a ton of books to read. The only that stopped me for a while is saving up to take my crush on a date, but since she doesn't like me the way I like her (only likes me as a friend), I started spending money again. I still have $33 bucks left, and I'm getting more money today, but I wanna learn to save my money for once. So any ideas? VIVA LA RAZA!

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1. a piggy bank that you have to whack to open. put your money in there and so you cannot open it unless you want to kill the poor little piggy
2. Read books online.....or borrow them from your friend. Or let someone hold onto your money for you. Or get one of those debit cards that you cant swupe at stores, pr put a limit on how much money you can spend, or donat your money to charirty
3. You could ask your parents, (if you are someone who still lives with their parents) or someone to keep money away from you or hide it somewhere for you not to find until a certain period of time. Like, you could make a plan to buy books, say, every couple weeks.
4. Get a library card!
5. Ok. Put try and put some money back each month, this can be your book money. But don`t go over this amont. Mabey $50 or less. For the books you buy go to discount stores, like Wal-Mart of Sams-Club. Or go to the libray. Everything thing there is free. And if they don`t have a book that you want, tell them and they wil order it for free.
6. You absolutely cannot buy another book until you read 2 of the ones waiting for you to lovingly caress the pages and are fed up of waiting for you to read them
7. Go to the library! They've got tons of books, and restock new ones every so often. Good Luck!
8. get a library card but im pretty sure that you already have one since you like books
9. Some small bookstores have "accounts" where you can sell books to them and get credit in that amount. You use your credit to buy books and can sell them back to the store when you're done :) That's what I do and I find it's helped a lot when curbing my spending. (And, in case you're set out to buy a specific book that they may not have, they can still order books like bigger stores.)
10. library
11. well atleast its on books! :D make a deal with yourself.. to finish reading one book then to look for another. you could go to the library first then see if you can borrow books frm friends.. or get an account.. put your money in there so you can still be saving & have some in your pocket for anything else. Maybe work in a bookstore .. they probably give discounts?
12. same here too,i just cannot control myself from spending my money on books...i just like to keep buying them and reading them,but i just cant manage to finish reading fast before i buy new books...result-i got quite a lot of unread books..-_- so i have decided to start using the library...or else,i give my money to my mum,so she CAN keep a check on my spending,lolz
13. you can lock up ur money in a safe but buy one lock it up in it and give the key to ur friend or else u wont have any money
14. Are you an impulsive buyer?? Listen here's what you do......always save the receipt. Find a place to save all the boxes, packaging, etc. Try to get obsessed with folding all the packing materials, making them neat and tape the receipt onto the box/package. Make a game out of it. And get yourself into a new habit called "impulse returning" I once bought a shampoo rug cleaner to scrub my carpets. After I was done I didnt need it anymore so I returned it to the store. I like to think of it as free rental. You have to start thinking S-M-A-R-T. What kind of cutbacks can you make? For example: I drink bottled water. Now at $1 a bottle on something that covers over 65% of our planet is not smart. So I bought one of those water filters that screw into your faucet. I have bottles that I refil over and over again. This doesn't take much time and you will reduce your carbon footprint as a bonus. Do you have a lot of small appliances around that house that are always on? Televisions, subwoofers, sterio equipment and microwaves use the most energy when they are left plugged into the outlet, even when they are turned off. Plug all your plugs from entertainment system into those 6 prong outlet plugs with the switch on them. When you are not using these items shut the switch off. I noticed a huge difference on my electric bill just by doing this. I also bought some of those florescent bulbs that look a lot like a regular bulb. These things use 80% less electricity than regular bulbs. Ave 60Watt incalescent bulb (old school) runs you 2 cents per hour. Ave 60Watt energy bulb averages 0.5 cents per hour. Wanna be creative? Find yourself leaving lights on? Buy a motion sensor switch, the lights will turn on when you enter the room and will turn off (by a set amount of time) when you leave the room. I have one, they cost $15 at HomeDepot. You would be surprised, but these small things add up. If you really need the money right away start cutting back on your food costs. Romain noodles cost a dime and they taste just as good as campbells chicken noodle that costs over $1 a can. Ok no chicken in romain noodles, but you are probably just missing about 4 tiny pieces of chicken. Adjust your toilet to use lesser water. If you don't know how to do this then put a brick inside your toilet 'chamber'. You will use a less water each time you flush, this adds up over time people. Before you know it you will be ahead. Need new windshield wipers for your car? Who says you have to buy 2? You only need the new one on the drivers side, leave the old wiper on the passenger side. So remember you have to start thinking S-M-A-R-T! Yours truly seahorsehawrey.