Help - addicted to MSE!!

MrsTinks

LOL don't worry - they are all common symptoms
I've caught them myself infact! (Obviously!) My OH sometimes has to take me by the hand and make me go spend money... seriously! I get so in the MSE zone I can't bring myself to go buy stuff that isn't 100% necessary if it's for me... Not unless it's bought with vouchers I have got for free through something lol
But yesterday we spent about £40 on games (we DID buy preowned and got 3 x-box 360 games for that!!! as we had £14 giftcard from trading in a game lol).
Oh well no doubt one day I'll be a normal person - not an overspender and not a tightfisted miser Maybe... :rtofl:

SarahNeedle1872

tigtag02 wrote: »

You know what

I wouldnt even bother trying to fight it

Once you're in its like some wierd cult

'Cept we're not wierd

And we're not a cult

More of a large family

That you worry about confessing that £80 you spent on games and clothes last night

They are nice jeans though

And I never buy myself anything

And the game means I dont have to speak to miserable bollox

OH keeps telling me this is a cult too..... He's just jealous! If he could be bothered to log on and look, he might actually enjoy it!
MSE is addictive, I am logged on most days, even if its just to lurk/catch up...

MissKJ

Yes, and you know what, I have no petrol in my car, and no cash in bank till Monday, and you know what I'M NOT GOING TO USE IT. It's so.....liberating! I would not have considered this option a year ago,I would have just got out the plastic.....Doctor will I be OK?

Mollymop5

Great it's not just me :T :T .Here I am stuck some washing in and now sitting with wet hair infront of pc.I was on here way past midnight too.
I like to catch up on my subscribed threads and am terrified I'll miss a freebie or bargain :eek:

shinyhead

MissKJ wrote: »

Addiction support group, Friday night, bring some booze!
Only problem is,you get really cross with yourself when you don't make the most of something, which isn't healthy. i recently researched a better car insurance deal, but I was too busy to change over before my renewal,

I AM SO ANNOYED WITH MYSELF :mad:

note to oneself, forgive and move on

Yup, Just done the same thing!!

Horace

My name is Horace and I am glad to be an addict.

I visit the forum several times a day and use it for advice, free stuff (there have been some great freebies and then some not so great), getting ideas for presents - over Christmas we had a chat about hampers (called Finished Baskets) and now my mates all have hampers filled with free stuff:j The make £10 a day challenge is also good and I am gradually learning to make free money to help me from sliding into more debt (I have a bit, not a lot).

Being addicted to MSE is cheaper than been addicted to drugs, booze or whatever your poison is:rotfl:

They want me to go to Rehab and I said No No No!

TurnaroundSue

Love it! Love it! Love it! :smileyhea

This site is my salvation - it's like the question "where were we before mobile phones", well I constantly ask myself "where was I before MSE"

Because of this site and getting to know about quidco, have saved £100 off my car insurance through cashback and instead of paying £291 as per renewal and normally would have just renewed, no, I shopped around and got it for £208 and with the cashback have brought this down to £108 - nearly £200 saving - yippee!!:j :j

worcester1

This site is destroying my study planner - totally hooked. I am currently doing a database administrator course (microsoft certified) which can potentially give me upto £10K payrise when completed. Yet I spend hrs each day finding out ways to save and budget my money better. Is this not ironic? Giving myself a £10K payrise sooner should in theory outweigh any more savings/budgeting tips I may pick up from this site.

I have already taken steps by installing another operating system (windows server 2003) with no internet connection on my laptop to carry out my studies. Yet I always end up logging on the operating system (windows XP) with internet connection just to visit this site.

Please help! my fellow MSE - How can I overcome this addiction and finish my course earlier

marksandsparksgal

Me too .... I moved abroad for a year and this is a nice lifeline to what's going on back home.....
*proud to be a MSE addict*

shinyhead

Although I'd known about the MSE site for quite a while and have had the weekly e-mails for about a year now I'd never tried the forum until a few weeks back.

What a great bunch of people on here, and I've learnt so much. I've also felt a lot happier now knowing I'm not alone.