When you're a college student, you don't exactly have a lot of extra cash to go around. You spend money on textbooks, or new clothes for the semester, or food (mostly food). So when you have a problem with saving your money (like I do), being a broke college student in addition to having a shopping addiction doesn't go over well.
If I see something I like, whether it be online, or in a store, I buy it. Without hesitation, without regret. I buy whatever, whenever. I see a dress I like, I buy it, because why not? And then I realize that there are a million reasons why I shouldn’t be buying it: because I don’t have any more room in my closet; because I have at least 20 other dresses; and most importantly, because I don’t need it. Most of the time, I ignore those reasons to not buy the dress, and I buy for the one reason I find good enough: I want it.
But when you have more important things to pay for, like student loans, and textbooks, you feel a pang of guilt every time you take out cash from the bank, or swipe your debit card.
The problem is, you never want to feel like you’re missing out on anything. You always want to be a part of every little thing that could be going on. “You want to grab dinner at the mall?” Sure, why not? “You want to go to the Florida Georgia Line Concert next month?” Definitely, sounds great. You never want to be the one saying no to plans because you don’t want to be spending the money. And then you end up being the one spending all of your money. (But at least you’re having a blast doing it, right?)
Any college student (maybe mostly girls) can relate to wanting the newest bathing suit, or the 'to-die-for' shoes. And by the end of the summer you feel like your bank account is plummeting towards zero. After every weekend out or dinner with friends to catch up, it becomes painfully aware, that you cannot, in fact, spend money on everything that catches your eye.
But for some reason, I keep spending. I keep shopping. My most recent purchase? A bathing suit from aerie. Of course, I had to have it. Because I liked the colors. And I liked the style. So I talked myself into it, just like that. And there goes another $60 I probably shouldn't have been spending.
It's hard to be 20, and to want to buy whatever you want, when you don't have the funds to keep up with it. (And everything seems like a must-have). But you’ll never be 20 again, in college, no other worries in the world. So why not spend money on having fun when you can?
Before every purchase, I quickly check my bank account, seeing how much I have, seeing how fast it is dwindling. And then I buy the new dress anyways, because I can't live without it. And why should I?
