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Do you get in manic-shopping moods, wanting to buy lots of things, thinking you will feel much better afterwards?

Fri, 2008-03-14 15:10 - Kerry
I recognize myself doing that on occassion
67% (4 votes)
I will typically buy special treats for others, but not for myself
17% (1 vote)
I like it better when another person goes shopping for me
0% (0 votes)
I'm very careful and controlled with my shopping, rarely giving-in to "impulse buying"
17% (1 vote)
Total votes: 6

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Sat, 2008-09-20 18:29 — Teddy

yikes!

I have found myself with things I don't even remember buying!  I'm in the process of selling what I bought
on eBay!  I have to watch myself very closely as this is a form of self-soothing for me.

"I can be changed by what happens to me, I refuse to be reduced by it." M.A.
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Teddy

Sat, 2008-09-20 21:59 — Kerry

Buying Happiness

Since I'm not working getting paid a salary, I'm not "allowed" to have money to play with, so shopping sprees are a thing of a past I can barely remember these days.  Unfortunately for me, I DO remember how great it would feel coming home with bags of goodies for the kids, myself and the house... especially if I was able to find a lot of great discounts and bargains.  [Anyone who thinks a woman doesn't know how to hunt and go for the kill hasn't seen a woman shopping at Marshalls/T.J. Maxx with $100.]

I can't help it, I'm a girly-girl who likes to look pretty and decorate... but with four kids and a single-income, I know those little pleasures have to be sacrificed.  

I posted an article a while ago about the psychology behind shopping:  "Sad Shoppers Spend More", http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/14327#comment-3523

Funny thing about shopping -- as an adoptee who was sold as an export-orphan-bastard, I see something very twisted about the power and possibilities behind a good purchase.   It bothers me to think:   how many men and women are there willing and wanting to travel and buy a child, just so they can feel happy and good about themselves?

I just thank God adoptions can't be made through ebay.  Not yet, at least.

Sat, 2008-09-20 22:06 — Teddy

LOL???

My youngest was watching me list auctions on eBay when he saw a little girl modeling an outfit that was up
for bids.  He said, "are they selling a girl?"   I laughed, but inside I was crying...

"I can be changed by what happens to me, I refuse to be reduced by it." M.A.
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Teddy