2022 Frozen/Chilly Peas

This! I want to spend very little and complete lots of pages using my stash! My plan is to freeze in January (except for my Elle’s Studio sub) and then be chilly the rest of the year. My motivation is to stop the influx and to use up some stash and give myself some breathing room (vs being “no spend” driven).

Heading to the North Pole in a couple of days! Too many classes and extravagant buying in 2021! So many projects to finish, stuff to organize and possibly some purging.

I entered my last purchase into my spending spreadsheet (everyday explorers) and I am jumping into the freezer. Looking at supplies I bought slightly less than last year. It was the photography class and the completed photobooks that really blew the budget. Obviously I want to finish books so the budget needs to change. I have so many digital supplies not being used as my pages are basically photos only. New goal: don't buy things just cause they are pretty.
Plan
1 - Unsubscribe from mailing lists
2 - Unfollow on instagram
3 - Make a list of purchases from last year and ideas to use them
4 - Keep my head down and work on big projects (yearbook, trip, WITL)
5 - Make time to play with supplies for fun. See what I actually like using.

I try not to buy digital supplies until I actually need them for a page I'm currently working on. It does disrupt my workflow a little bit but since I only buy from a couple of designers it's not too bad. I'm very out of sight, out of mind, so digital supplies are challenging for me. And like you I am often happy with just a photo. 
Your action steps sound really smart! 

feeling even more accomplished - Michaels sent me a reminder that I had $25 in rewards expiring... and I bought adhesive with them. Staying strong! staying frozen!

we don't have a Joanns especially close (or a Michaels anymore) - just a HL and their selection turns over rather slowly.  It was tempting to see what new goodies were at Joanns  - it's been a few months since we were at one - but I kept reminding myself that my paper storage is overflowing.

I definitely need to stay frozen as long as possible. I DO NOT need to buy anything for whatever trip we take next summer and at this point I won't need much of anything for DD next year either. I have an AE gift card that I'm saving for WITL, but other than that I should only need some ATG tape for quite a while...I am stuck with 6 more months of the DK at Studio Calico unfortunately...

First time participating on this type of thread .  I think chilly is definitely a goal for 2022 as well as purging some things that I know I won't use.  We had a flood from the deep freeze in Texas last Spring that caused water damage on some older supplies and I just let all of it go.  I definitely made more purchases in 2021, although I have been also using up stash more than I have in years.  That said, I below are my chilly challenges :

1. Use up a lot of the random adhesive I have.  I have too much random half used, but I always like having enough of my favs.
2. Finish up 2 old Dec Daily albums - 2010 and 2012 - and remaining pages of 2021 before I can buy any December stuff again in September.  The DD collections are my weakness for sure.
3. Use only AE story kits and AE SBTM to do 2022 PL.  OK to get digitals to match SBTM but that's it.
4. All gift albums I make have to use existing stash except if I need to buy an album, need a very specific item or actually run out of adhesive.
5. Allow myself to actually completely use up supplies before buying reinforcements.

And I'll prob set a small monthly budget for any ink, cardstock, photo paper, misc items that I either run out of or need for a very specific purpose.

I love your list of challenges! I’m definitely using #1! I have so much random adhesive too, from a lot of freebies/prizes/gifts and sales.

And the pandemic (*cough* toilet paper *cough*) hasn’t helped our mindsets on that any! Scarcity concern is hard to overcome.

Six days into the new year and so far no scrappy/crafty purchases. I'm very proud of myself. I did put something in my shopping cart on scrapbook . com but it's more to just remember if I want it later in the year.

I follow some declutter folks online who talk about everything as inventory and what we do as inventory management - groceries, household cleaners, craft supplies, clothes/laundry, it all managing inventory. It's pretty helpful, especially if you can develop a "just in time" approach like big box stores do and not keep too much extra on hand.

It's harder with the way certain crafty items sell out and don't get restocked, so we have to predict whether we'll love it enough to want to buy more when we've used it up and whether it will still be available. I've often gone back for a second helping of a collection and realized I'm already over it, but there are other collections I regret not buying more of while I could. It's a fine balance!

But for basics like adhesive I remember the answer one lady gave to "where do you keep your extra stock of this?"

"At the store!"