With summer about to hit it's peak, more and more people are requesting time off for all sorts of vacations before the kids head back to school. But with any good family vacation or just an outing in general, comes GETTING READY.
If your family is anything like mine, a typical vacation or weekend getaway typically calls for new clothes, because, let's face it....you have to dress the part. Nothing is going to capture a better adventure than a selfie of your so called experience, in something that makes you look in tip top shape.
But getting there is usually the issue because having a mindset that money can buy you happiness is probably the one thing that is ultimately bringing down your account balance quicker than the sinking Titanic...
So, she's happy, bubbly, and her heart seems warm and gentle... She laughs a lot, she has a lot of friends, and the one thing guys notice first, is the fact that she has s-t-y-l-e.
How she dresses may say a lot about her, but the one thing it is not owning up to, is her shopping addiction...
Here are 14 signs you may be a shopping addict.
1) You experience a rush of excitement whenever you buy something.
Shopaholics usually experience some sort of adrenaline rush from the act of purchasing things which can be addictive. But can we blame them? We all work very hard for our money and needless to say, it feels damn good to redirect working hard with buying something shinny and new. It is simply taking action to that ridiculous saying, "Treat Yo Self" to a whole new level... There is never a need; just a whole lot of want because you can.
2) You often purchase things you don’t need or didn’t plan to buy.
What easily could have been a five minute trip to Target has now turned into an hour long because you became easily tempted by the items in the $1 section...saw the swim sale promotion from across the way...wandered into electronics because you just absolutely needed a new phone case...realized you needed another candle you weren't going to burn
for your bedroom dresser...got hungry, and picked up groceries...remembered you have a date next weekend, had a meltdown and bought an entirely new outfit, including a handbag.
3) The bottom of your purse has enough receipts to wallpaper your entire apartment. Target, BTO, The Basement, Wildflower, Chipotle, Starbucks— because you manage to buy something every place you walk into.
4) Browsing the internet on your phone or online always turns into a shopping opportunity. - Your favorite online shopping carts deserve your attention on a daily basis. Not to mention, your phone has them bookmarked because they are your most frequented webpages and with that, you are already signed in with a minimum of ten items in your cart, just waiting,
5) Your idea of a fun Friday night is sitting at home and tracking the shipment of your latest online purchases. - Accompanied by a glass of vino and Netflix, of course.
6) Even after a few glasses of Prosecco, you can still recite your credit card numbers backwards. - For real though, your credit card numbers is just as important as your social security number and your student ID.
7) You have a separate email address devoted soley to the latest email blasts from your favorite brands and shopping sites. - And because you are completely denying this..refer to #7.
8) You try to conceal your shopping habits. - If you’re hiding shopping bags under your piles of dirty laundry or in the back of your closet behind old junk, this is a possible sign that you are in way too deep...
9) When anyone mentions an upcoming holiday, the first thing you think about is gift shopping—for yourself. "Wouldn't a new cashmere scarf be perfect for Election Day?"10) Your credit card gets more exercise than you do. - Which instantly makes you think that you need gym clothes... But not real gym clothes. Just another few hundred on lululemon; that way you look cute and people will think you work out, when you don't. You walk to class, you walk around the mall, but that's pretty much the extent of it.
11) You have two separate wardrobes—your everyday pieces and the "just in case" items. - So basically every girl from Phoenix or somewhere from California that owns a pair of Hunter rain boots...
12) There is physically no room left in your apartment for clothing storage. But you still start every morning with, "I have nothing to wear!"
13) You will go to extreme lengths to justify any splurge purchase. "Okay, I'll give up Uber for the next month and all I'll only eat ramen noodles! Then it's totally in my budget!"
14) No matter how many times you try to put yourself on a budget, you always end up back where your heart truly belongs—swiping your credit card with a feeling of total satisfaction.
So, do you know this girl? Maybe, it's you. Or, perhaps, you are still so in denial because the number reading as your bank account's current balance on your mobile app wasn't a dead give away... Get help, my friends! Or at least, do what I do. Bring a friend. That way they feel obligated to spend like you do.
