One Month

Well, I made it through my first month of the secondhand challenge, and I'm still going strong.  I had a disturbing dream last night, though, in which I was in a store buying up all this clearance workout clothing, and didn't realize what I'd done until it was too late.  I wonder what this could mean?

Along the same lines, I've reached a dilemma.  My birthday was about a week ago, and one of my presents was a $100 gift card to J.Crew (one of my favorite stores).  While I don't want to break the rules of the secondhand challenge...I also don't want the $100 to go to waste.  Would it be cheating for me to use the gift card?  Part of me looks at it as accepting a gift (it would be the same as accepting a new piece of clothing that someone gave to me).  The other part of me worries that if I step into J.Crew with $100 to spend, I'll be in trouble and run the risk of taking a huge step back in how far I've come (1 month and counting, people!).  Maybe this is where the dream came from....

Oh, what to do?