After the January failure I’m back on track with -21 in February. Now I just need to continue in March ….
I also made up for my January failure:
Purchased 8
Consumed 17
Finished strong yesterday with another 7 out.
Net -31
-4 for February!
-18 YTD
New leaf is holding so far…
bought 30 and consumed 37 for a net -7 for the month, net -10 for the year… need to pump those numbers up!
Reporting in for Jan and Feb, 2026. I was off line much of early Feb trapsing across Alaska and Yukon helping family move from Haines to Fairbanks, AK. Very cold and not so fun driving.
Anyway:
January, 2026
Purchased: 12 (BD17 only purchases)
Consumed: 30
Net : -18
February, 2026
Purchased: 0 (we did buy and consume a few bottles/boxes in Alaska, but not tracked)
Consumed: 15
Net: -15
YTD:
Purchased: 12
Consumed: 45
Net: -33
A few spring club shipments are hitting already for early March, but I did drop/decline one club, and have cut back on a couple others (6 bottles per shipment instead of 12, for example). Need to keep trimming, and stay on the Moratorium wagon.
February backslide
+10 to Cellar
-5 Pulled so +5 for the month
still - 56 for the year
A confession session for January and February, can’t even explain it away with a break drinking any alcohol. The worst is that I’m not even really sorry, happy with the wines! Have perhaps 3 more planned orders for the year…
Back to some sort of discipline for rest of the year.
In: +50
Out: - 26
Total = + 24
It’s the unplanned ones that will kill you…
I know Chris, discipline discipline… hanging around this site is probably one of the best character training!
On a separate note, you’d be happy to see some of the bottles that found their way home ![]()
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Interesting. I’ve found that hanging around this site is the worst methods for inventory reduction. ![]()
We said more or less exactly the same thing ![]()
So tell me what you got so I can start worrying about what I don’t have. ![]()
Not sure I want to be responsible for a shopping spree in this thread ![]()
Just had three more Weinboxes delivered.
Left a message for my therapist . . . who hasn’t returned any of my calls and apparently believes I am beyond help.
She may be onto something . . . .
Send her a bottle of wine?
Oh yes, discipline discipline, and drinking again in February:
IN: zero
OUT: 24
Backsliding continued in February:
12 in
7 out
Commited to zero purchases in March. ![]()
We were traveling for several weeks in Jan/Feb which strangely enough impacted my buying more than my consuming!
January:
In: 6
Out: 4
Net: +2
February:
In: 0
Out: 8
Net: -8 (best month in a long time)
YTD Net: -6
2026 Goal: -50
I think I just need to drink down some of my larger holdings. Like many, I just fell into habits of buying certain producers that I like but then end up with too many bottles for my own good. Lately, I have been working on my Rochioli collection. I mean I occasionally like a bottle of new world Pinot - especially with Sushi but I don’t need 120 bottles! And must stop buying!!!