The Spendaholics Anonymous Thread!

Little_Chicken

That's what you're here for - you're like the dominatrix of the shopping world - do you take your whip to work too?:D By the way i'm spending nowt today. yippee!

iamashoppingaddict

I just spent £8 odd on cigarettes. *sighs* No bloody will power!! LOL

skintbutsmiling01

Little chicken- I avoided the mags but not the crisps! Today I have bought neither, but did buy a gorgeous lamp.... that I'm not sure will go with any of my stuff, but its soooo nice & looks really expensive but was only (?!) £15.
hey just me:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
CS- I've got loads of the free tmobile sim cards- I am not on payg so what I'm meant to do with them I dont know, But I do love it when I check the letter box and there's a little something in there!
TMD- go join the no-smoking thread- spend your fag money on treats and you dont feel so bad!

RapidMongman

Im definately part of this gang

My financial situation is ok these days but it wasnt always the case (My partner and I went bankrupt 10 years ago).

I impulse buy for many of the same reasons the majority do - lack of self esteem. I believe ,laughably, that if i have a £450 watch on that i am seen to be successfull and that i am "better" than others. Its ridiculous but i have had the following obsessions:-

Gambling - Lost 15k (lost 2.5k on one race, but somehow it felt like i was a somebody handing over all that money, money that wasnt mine!)

Clothes - Only the best was good enough, Boss, Armani and Dolce and Gabbana etc etc.

Hi-Fi's - Had a 2k system, and 400 cd's too.

ALL of the above were bought whilst i worked in a gas station earning £100 per week!, In some ways i bought these things to make me think i was a somebody, buying high end stuff made me feel great. Until i was 22k in debt.

Im still the same 10 years later - albeit i have a decent job and my purchases are now sustainable. But im still the same person, im still the same guy, i still have the same goals, the same weaknesses's and the same fears. I have no cure - but i now realise we are all the same. I am no better than the people that work for me, i am no more intelligent and i am certainly no better.

If only i knew that when i did work in a gas station and the boot was on the other foot?. Isnt it crazy how some of us percieve someone that works at a fast food joint is of sub standard education? - They arent - we are.

compulsivespender79

Welcome RapidMongman :hello:

I think I am correct in saying that you are the first gentleman to join our little clique,and for that I thank you. It's good to know that the compulsion to spend isn't entirely gender specific! I will issue a number for you soon, have a look on the first post later on this evening and it should be there.

That's what you're here for - you're like the dominatrix of the shopping world - do you take your whip to work too?:D By the way i'm spending nowt today. yippee!

That's a bit scary Little Chicken, you almost sound like you know me . . .

:rotfl:

I just spent £8 odd on cigarettes. *sighs* No bloody will power!! LOL

Such is life, tmd, such is life. (I can't shout at you for buying fags cos I smoke too )

Spent £47 today :eek: !!!!!! BUT, £37 of that was to fill the car right up with petrol!

Little_Chicken

REMEMBER TOMORROW IS YOUR LAST CHANCE SALOON.

March challenges begin on Saturday:eek: . I'm going to bid the boots thread a fond farewell this evening (sobs):p Can I really do a month without any bootsing? Wot about all those points. Don't forget if you want to set yourself a challenge PM CS (oooh! secret code moment:rotfl: )

I've joined the ebay challenge thread for March to try and make some extra dosh.:T

poorandindenial

I have joined the Ebay challenge too so see you there, am aiming for £100 for the month.

I am also going to challenge myself to carry on NOT going into Monsoon. I did very well today, I started to get lured in by the 50% off sale but willpower kicked in at the last minute. Damn I am good!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Little_Chicken

poorandindenial wrote: »

I have joined the Ebay challenge too so see you there, am aiming for £100 for the month.

I am also going to challenge myself to carry on NOT going into Monsoon. I did very well today, I started to get lured in by the 50% off sale but willpower kicked in at the last minute. Damn I am good!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

I'm aiming for £500 - but I do have all that Boots stuff to shift. lol:rotfl:

poorandindenial

Little_Chicken wrote: »

I'm aiming for £500 - but I do have all that Boots stuff to shift. lol:rotfl:

I should aim higher but I know how lazy I am:D. Perhaps I could find a child on my street and pay him or her a pittance for listing for me... Or make my OH do it for me - now that could work and would be free :idea:

Little_Chicken

Ha-ha...when I started reading your post I thought you were going to propose selling a small child on 'da bay.LOL.:D.. You know OH will only do it wrong...