Confessions of a Shopaholic

I just watched this movie.. its quite funny, really.. But it sets me thinking back of my old days as a mild shopaholic... Haha.. that happened since 2004 and lasted for about 2.5yrs... I remembered I wasn't really a shopaholic pre-2004.. that year, it just happened when I was so pressured with life.. cuz that was a really bad year for me.. having been studying so hard, working so hard, with that heartbreak thingy and all things just came crashing down.. Hence, I used shopping as a form of releasing all those stress... somehow it helped, though it doesn't help in building my financial security.. I remembered I just buy and buy... impulse purchase, etc etc.. whenever I go out, I must buy something.. there must be a shopping bag or whatever when I get home.. Clothes, bags, shoes, lingerie, presents for others, etc etc.. you name it, I buy it.. the situation was worse during Christmas season with all those sales going on... I just know that I have to spent that money... in order to be happy...

Then for a while, I got addicted to online shopping... I could spent 700 bucks on VS shopping without realising it, until I total up all the different transactions.. I also spent quite a sum on ebay and other online stores... Also for a period of time, I was so into fancl.. I could spent 300+ per visit and I found myself going back and pay my monthly dues, just like paying utilities...

My wardrobe exploded and all the flea markets I had could not get rid of all the sprees, impulse purchases and excess.. Its almost red alert until out of a sudden, one fine day, I just wake up realising that spending $$ is no longer fun.. Surprisingly, I stopped VS, ebay buying and fancl.. I start to feel that walking out of stores empty handed is so much more satisfactory than spending senselessly.. I start to sell my stuff thru ebay which could fetch a better price than flea market, even though it takes more time.. my stuff are slowing disappearing and I feel much better.. I managed to save quite a bit for the past few yrs..

However, I got addicted to another expensive hobby: Travelling... so that makes me a travelholic now.. KEKE... I have spent a huge part of my past year's savings in travelling.. Since Mar last year, I have been to Korea, US and Japan.. and I am going to Perth next week and KL in May.. haha.. But I promise that I will save after the KL trip.. And my goal is to save for another house.. haha.. Now, my satisfaction is the more I save, the happier I am :)