January - is it over yet?

I did it again.  Made a bold statement and made it public.  You'd think that would help me live up to it!  But no.  Didn't happen.  My "No Shopping Month"  never really was that.  It was more of a "Buy only neccesities, and let hubby do the shopping" month.  After 34 years together (great years, too!), he still doesn't read my mind well.  He doesn't even really read the lists well.  So we laugh about it and go on.  Not, as in, go on letting him do the shopping.  But rather, as in, "I'll just run in and get the 4 items I need, and then you can pay for it and I will leave the store."  That was the first 2 times. 
Then it was, "I'll quickly run in and grab what's on my list".  He gets to stay in the car for that version.  That's what he prefers.  So that is how our "No shopping month" has evolved.  I make a list and check it a few times to make sure I really need the item.  Milk, yes.  Eggs, yes.  Fresh fruit & veggies, yes.  Wild rice, no.  I love wild rice.  It is healthy.  But I have the wild rice hubby bought (a few grains of wild rice mixed in regular rice.)  Not really what I wanted, but we should eat it first, or it will sit there for years.  And I bought sprouted brown rice to try back in December and haven't opened the bag. 
So the learning process continues.  What do we need.  What can we do without.  What are we willing to do without.  And on it goes.