Confessions of a (reformed??!) Shopaholic

jojitsui

ziggles50 wrote: »

IKWYM Jojitsui...it's this debt/denial of self thing...you never get yourself or do what YOU REALLY WANT...then randomly spend loads of money on silly things you don't need- typical aint it.

Yep most def. Am getting better tho thanks to MSE

misslauren wrote: »

! :T

What are some of the things on your list Jojitsui?

Well my first 10 (up to 50 now!!) are....
1, learn Welsh
2,find and buy my first house (been loooking for ages )
3,Go to India
4,Go snow boarding
5,Buy a pair of Jimmy Chooooooooooooos (not very MSE but maybe when i'm debt free )
6, Volunteer again with disabled children
7, Take part in a sponsered run
8, grown my own veg
9, own chickens
10, Print off most of the pics from my digital camera and make beautiful frames so I can show them off

misslauren

Ooooh.. Good Start!

Loving 3 and 5.. but considering how much the rest of my list will cost I should probably stick to that for now

gwen80

Hi misslauren

Sorry I'm normally a lurker, but I had to post to say I'm loving the list! I may have to borrow number 59 and number 74 and possibly some more too...:o Great list!

Gwenx

jojitsui

I have tried to mix it up a bit with selfish and selfless
It would have been very easy to have 10-101 all contaianing bag and shoe related tasks

misslauren

gwen80 wrote: »

Hi misslauren

Sorry I'm normally a lurker, but I had to post to say I'm loving the list! I may have to borrow number 59 and number 74 and possibly some more too...:o Great list!

Gwenx

Hi Gwen :hello:
Lol thankyou... there seems to be a few things on that list that us DFW's would all like to do. Feel free to borrow as many as you want

jojitsui wrote: »

I have tried to mix it up a bit with selfish and selfless
It would have been very easy to have 10-101 all contaianing bag and shoe related tasks

Am with you on the bags and shoes. Really had to remind myself that this is about growing in personal experience.. and as much as a fantastic wardrobe is wonderful, doesn't really help that all that much

Not that its going to stop me from getting either the kelly or birkin :rolleyes:

jojitsui

Its all ok because when you become a famous designer and I win the lottery we can buy as many bags and pairs of shoes as we like

misslauren

Made a little change to the list.... 48. Was go to mexico, it is now learn how to make perfume. Have always wanted to do it and forgot to add it, and mexico was fairly general anyway, so have updated the list

misslauren

Well I'm beyond exhausted. A bit annoying, wanted to stay up to chat to all you lovely folk

I've got a bit of a plan of attack for my list, which goes along the lines of:

* Save up money for perfume course, get into this as something fun on the side.
* Start going to the local pools at least twice a week for lap swimming, aim to achieve 1.5km by end of March.
* Find a place that has decent prices for private tennis lessons, try and do once a week.
* Keep working on my uni stuff.
* Get course work books and cd's for my old french textbooks. Start practising!
* Get a beginners piano book.
* Do some more practice hours for my drivers license.
* Watch those cents for my financial goals!!!

Ok.... Sleepy. Sleep time. Night!

misslauren

Ok, so pay day today. Final item on the Anz card came through (Tetsuya's Lunch ) and it stood at $2,980.00. So I've thrown $80 off that today, and the boy should be transferring $200-$250 this week, so that will take it down to $2,650-$2,700.

Really want to get my statements so I can start paying off my credit cards 'by items'... I think this is so much better than me. Instead of throwing money around and at them, I can actually see where all this debt came from. That in itself is enough to put me off spending :eek:

I'll see how I go with the NSDs... Might order myself 'The Kid Stays in the Picture' this weekend if I can keep my expenses low, and that'll be another one off the list

Must remember: Need to pay exam costs for subjects by the 12th of Feb, and also need to start saving for a writing desk for my new bedroom.
I have also decided on the credit card front that I'm going to start decreasing the credit limits in chunks of $250... So I'll do this for St. George today. You can't spend what you don't have... or don't have the ability to borrow :rolleyes:

misslauren

I'm really, really stressed ... but I don't have much of a reason to be. Need to learn to breathe and unwind a bit methinks...

Bought Perfume by Patrick Suskind(??), might go read the first chapter now, then start getting through more paperwork...