I get a buzz from finding great deals shopping. It is really like a drug for me and I am on a binge right now and trying to figure out why. Is it a bad thing? It is just a little embarrassing, but I am also very proud of the great deals I got. I am comfortable writing this to the world but won't tell my husband. He has never read my blog so I think my secret is safe.
I had $40 in Kohl's cash that I had to spend this week or it is worthless. So I went to Kohl's last night after the weigh in/ UNC meeting. I went a bit crazy, and spent more than the $40 by $25 (16 articles of clothing most 90% some 80% off and one really cute top that was only 60% off for $7.20, a pair of jeans with a belt for $8- my most expensive buy plus a soap and lotion caddy for the guest bath $3.20 and 5 body sprays in a box for $2.80, I could go on). Then today we went to the mall, my daughter and I, so that she could go to build-a-bear for a promo code for their website. I spent spent another $20. So a total of $45 (or $85 if you count the cash back that I had to spend from black Friday shopping). To justify: I spend less than $1000 per year on clothes, and haven't bought much, if anything in the past month and a half except at the goodwill-a pair of Bill Blass skinny black jeans size 10 tall (which I wore black Friday and yesterday shopping!) and a robe I found when dropping off some things off a few weeks back. It just comes in spurts.
So here goes the confession ...I bought 25 articles of clothes in the past 2 days (26if you count the $4.40 dress with free shipping from Kohl.com yesterday morning.) I know it is too much but the deals were so great and the clothes look so good on I couldn't resist. It is still new to me that I can buy normal clothes off the rack and they fit. Today everything from JC Penny's was marked down to $1.97 nice spring and summer clothes. I spent $19.10 and saved $236.27. I bought 3 pair of capris - white black and brown- one pair was originally $42 and nice tops, some I can wear for business under jackets and some casual tops too.
With the sales items I bought in September and the last 2 days. I have replaced my complete summer wardrobe from size 18-20 to size 10-12. On one hand I need to have the smaller size clothes and it is great to get them all now in the winter at huge discounts. I gave away all of my big clothes so I have to keep on the program if I want to leave the house clothed. But on the other hand it feel excessive and a bit compulsive.
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I find that I don't get the fix anymore from the retail therapy arena that I used to. I still look for great buys, but I have a strong desire to minimize so I have less to take care of....that is getting stronger as I move through my fifties. It is not nearly as much fun to shop anymore and I find I'm just not doing it...also walking away from things I try on more and more and then not even trying them on sometimes. This is new....and it feels good.
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