I am a shopaholic.

There, I said it.

Whew, that's a weight off the shoulders.

But seriously, I love to shop. I don't mean love in the way I love Starbucks or Francine Rivers books. I mean LOVE in the way that I want to do it all the time. I crave it. It excites me. Online, in stores, garage sales, flea markets, Ebay, and on and on and on! I could do it EVERY SINGLE DAY! And I'm not exaggerating. But I don't JUST like to shop. If I just liked to shop, we wouldn't have a problem. The problem is, I also like to BUY. In fact, I don't even like going shopping if I don't have something I'm looking for to buy.
Buying things, in and of itself, is not a problem. However, buying things you don't need, just because you feel the need to buy something, anything, is a big NO NO! And yet, I do it. Well, did it. No, do it. I've curbed the habit a LOT in the last few years. My self control has been forced to grow as I'm learning to budget for a whole household and not just a single college girl living in dorms. Despite that I still find myself waking up in the morning and thinking to myself, hmmm, it sure would be fun to go shopping today....what do I need..... and then I slap myself across the face (figuratively).
I found myself in Walgreen's yesterday, yes, Walgreen's, the lamest store on the planet, waiting for a prescription to be filled browsing the aisles to see what else I needed. And truth be told, if it weren't for the fact that I only took inside my flex insurance card, I probably would have ended up with 5 or 6 items. And I would have justified it by saying "ooh, this would look nice on my dining room buffet that I plan to have in the next 5-7 years, ohhh Benton would LOVE this for his 17th birthday, surely one of my friends will be getting married in the next few years that would love his and hers Snuggies" See what I mean? Its a sickness. His and hers Snuggies, really???? Come on, Andrea!
Okay, you caught me, I didn't really almost buy those, but I wouldn't put it past me.
So, I'm going in to start my own BA club (buyers anonymous. Although its not really anonymous because I just told you, I'm the buyer.) The only rule for my club is that members must keep track of all EXTRA things they buy (not groceries, underwear, shampoo, just extra things like bookends, snuggies, and that 68th bottle of nail polish we buy because we just don't have THAT shade of red.) Then, at the end of the month you have to look at your list of all the things you bought and ask yourself if you really needed them (just to give yourself a reality check). The next month, your goal is to cut the number of items down by two. Keep cutting and within...a lot of months...maybe your list will be 0!
So, who wants to join my club? It will be lots of fun...we can hold our meetings at the mall. Ahem, I mean at the library. LOL.
No, but really, I think I am going to give this a try, I'll let you know how it goes. Feel free to join me!