amaidiamond
Posts: 1793
Joined: 2/6/2006 From: Watford / London Status: offline
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I know i shop too much, but I manage to keep it under control just, although my Dom does not activly curb my habits, being with him does because i tend to think twice before buying like..... do I really like and need that shirt? is it worth £x and of course the winning factor, if I don't buy that I could use the money to visit him :) So usually what happens is i'll have the urge to go on a shopping spree and i'll rationalize it, telling myself I could afford an extra trip into London to see him, so I go home, forget the shopping and then when I do go and see him it costs me about 1/4 of what the shopping would have and means I don't have yet more stuff cluttering my house. One other thing that worked for me is not thinking of items in terms of cost but in terms of hours, My job is a need not a joy for me currently so i've taken to thinking in work hours so for instrance... "oh thats pretty, am I willing to work 3 hours extra to get that.." Then if the answers yes I buy it then work the extra.
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