I'm in a shopping frenzy, and there seems to be no end it sight! <Dun dun duunn>
I can't seem to stop consuming materialistic goods at an alarming rate. I need an intervention. There's absolutely no buyer's remorse, I really just want to shop all the time. I already bought three new bathing suits this year (I bought one last night...haha) and this normally wouldn't be such a horrible thing, except that they aren't the typical Target run-of-the-mill swimsuits. I'm talking high quality, expensive suits made to look custom fit. Then, I bought a new Fossil purse last week. In my defense I've really wanted a new handbag for awhile now, so I didn't consider this purchase too impulsive. I get urges everyday to visit Plato's Closet and find some cute sun dresses for my upcoming trip to Los Angeles and Vegas. And here's wherein the problem lies. I am going on a trip in 9 days and I need to be saving as much money as possible at this point. I've even started working overtime hours to fund my current, and hopefully temporary, shopping spree. In just the last hour, I've been trying to decide on a new case for my iPhone. Why might you ask? Well, its old, and starting to break, and I need a change. UGH lame excuse! I haven't felt this compelled to shop since college. A little background information on Michele, I got into some serious credit card debt in high school and college buying just whatever I wanted all the time. Two years ago, I lost my job and I was so worried about how I was gonna pay all my bills I couldn't sleep. Not alot of people know this, but at the time I had over $3300 in rolling credit charges, a car payment, a cell phone bill, monthly gas bill, furniture bill, hospital bills, gym membership fee (HAHA), and I owed my parents over a thousand dollars for carrying me while I was unemployed. I was at an all-time low, and I decided then and there I was gonna pay off all my debt when I got a new job. Fast forward to now, and I basically just have a cell phone payment, gas bill, and car insurance. I've come quite a long way from where I was, and it's still to this date my greatest accomplishment. It took some serious cutting back of expenses to do what I did in 15 months, and I was still able to take three really big trips during that time. Long story short (too late!), I can feel the temptation creeping back in the form of an angelic voice saying, "Oooo, those shoes are just too cute to pass up!" UGH. I'm not in any immediate danger of crumbling, but I have been slipping a tad this week. I decided to blame it all on Rob :-) See, Rob bought a new car earlier this week, and since I'm not getting a new car anytime soon I have to keep up by buying useless materialistic goods. Yep, all Rob's fault.
No, but seriously, the spending stops today....because I just realized I have some gift cards ;)
