I've been feeling the urge lately to shop. Not just to go and pick up a t-shirt or two but to full-on break the bank. I've been out a couple of times over the last month or so and got a few things for summer but I still want more. I don't know if that little bit of shopping just opened the flood gates to make me want to spend or what. It's ridiculous though and really consumes my mind. I've been "window" shopping online a lot lately and it seems like every store I visit has cuter stuff than the one before. And it's work clothes and casual clothes, shoes, purses, jewelry, accessories... everything!
It kind of scares me that I want to shop so badly. I'm afraid I'm going to turn into a junkie. I don't have the money to do the kind of shopping that I want to do and I certainly don't want to put it on my credit cards. I've been in that dark hole of credit card debt before and I definitely don't want to go back. My logical self tells me that I should just buy a little at a time and only buy the things that I really love or really need but the crazy part of me tells me that I should just buy everything and that I'll feel better when I do.
My astrological sign is Taurus and I embody that sign through and through. My ruling planet is Venus who, according to my astrology book, just happens to be the Roman goddess of beauty, the arts, pleasure, and emotions. In astrology, Venus's influence leans toward a love of luxury. Yeah, so I've pretty much been bred to crave luxuries. Get this: "Taurus is the sign of property and money. Its natives put a high regard on collecting possessions and are known to cling to what is theirs." What the hell?! Its in my astrological DNA to crave shopping.
I truly believe that if I were to win the lottery that I would be one of those dumb fools you see on TV that won the lottery and are broke ten years later. I think that I would be a spendaholic. If the only thing holding me back from not shopping to my heart's content is not having enough money, winning the lottery would solve my problem. I think that I could shop everyday and just be completely happy with that lifestyle. I'm sure I'd end up with more stuff than I could ever wear and stuff that I didn't even like that much but I think I'd be happy just knowing that I had it if I ever wanted to wear it.
I don't know what to do to squelch my cravings. Lord knows I don't need to turn to food! Maybe I just need to stay away from malls... and the Internet... and magazines... and TV. Ok, I guess I'll be living with the Amish for a couple of months. Seriously though, how do I make the urge go away? Oh, and I've tried looking at all the clothes in my closet and putting them together in new and different ways already. That worked for a couple of weeks. Now I'm out of options.
Ugh... I guess there are worse problems that a person can have other than an addiction to shopping. I should probably go hide my crack pipe, er, I mean credit card before it's too late.
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LOL! You crack me up. I'm in the same boat right now, I really want to just go shopping!!! But, the grown up me just won't allow myself. I wear jeans and a work polo to work everyday, so I don't need work clothes, I just want stuff!! UGH...I don't want to be a millionare, I NEED to be a millionare!
Your totally going to laugh at this but I read in a magazine that women these days are buying giftcards for themselves at the grocery store so they can go shopping and their husbands never know!!! They think that the money is being spent on groceries! Im totally doing that so I can get new clothes for NY!!! You should try it sometime!
AMEN!! I am dying. I just started back to work last week and I need more clothes, shoes, earrings, bags, workout clothes, you name it. We are still living like peasants so we can pay off the credit cards in a hurry so it really sucks! It's like the changing of the seasons, we get the itch to change as well. I totally love the idea, Linny, of buying gift cards and blowing it on myself. I'll have to file that one back in the corners of my brain for a later time...Love you, Kristen
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