I have a confession to make.
I've been on a retail BENDER lately and I feel good. It's just that I'm just not so sure my bank account agrees with me. It all started innocently enough.
A small luxury item like the $ungla$$es pictured above. Just the right amount of cache to make me look and feel good.
Then, someone complimented me on my new small luxury item and asked me where I bought them. I start thinking I am all smart for finding said item and start thinking about my next conquest. Surely that gorgeous handbag or blingy bracelet I've been eyeing couldn't set me back that much. Could it? The desire to own them washes over my entire body.
I decide to cut off that voice in my head and go for it! The adrenaline pumping through my veins produces happy endorphins and my enthusiasm is contagious. Now I'm beginning to believe I am an invincible shopper. Screw it! I'll just take it back later, I reason, and my credit card has the skid marks to prove it.
My family? My girlfriends? They all convince me that I deserve it. Yes, they whisper in my ear,"you work so hard all week long. Put all that hard work to use." That $uede jacket will be perfect for fall, but if I don't buy it now it will be gone. And I must have these $hoes to go with the new jeans and that expen$sive belt I bought, which I reasoned would be the only belt I'll ever need. YES! A new fragrance. YES! A scarf and a great top! Oh, YES, this is the good life. The bags keep mounting, and my heart is racing to keeping pace with my euphoria. Oh YES! YES! This is it! I can't carry even one more, overflowing with purchases, bag.
I'm on top of the world as I dash out to the car. I put the bags in the trunk and start home.
My breathing steadies.
I am contented and peaceful. The ride home is slow and relaxing, playing out the successful events in my head. I pull into the driveway and go into the house.
Yes. Life is good.
I still have to pay for it. But for now, it was all worth it.
Just out of curiosity, because I kow he is a courteous sort or you would never have married him...what did the old man say when he carried all your new bags into the house?
ReplyDelete"Honey do we need to build an addition so you can have another walk in closet?"
*burp*
ReplyDeleteI don't mind so much that my wife was excited about hitting the shops while she was back home.
ReplyDeleteShe's a thrift store shopper and she knows how to find those bargains!
$9.00 for that jacket?!? All right! :-)
I feel that way in book stores, especially Half Priced Books. I want to buy one book, just ONE book, but then they all start whispering in my ear and I come home with a dozen instead.
ReplyDeleteIn fact I bought two books at a thrift store on Saturday for our road trip and I have already devoured one of them, but it was only 99 cents, so I can afford another one, right?