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I buy things when I am ________.

Posted by on Apr 27, 2010 | 11 comments

Do you ever find yourself buying things when you are in a specific mood or in a specific circumstance? For me, I buy things when I am on trips. I tend to act like my budget doesn’t apply outside of my normal routine. This past weekend I filled up on gas and wasn’t able to buy the gas at the pump, so I went inside the station to pay. I saw a tempting pack of York peppermint patties and decided those were a must-have. That pack cost me $4.58 on top of the $30 gas I was already paying. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

What about you? Do you buy things at certain times or with a specific mood?

Fill in the blank: “I buy things when I am _______.”

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  • Freckles

    …. when I am feeling sorry for myself.

  • http://www.elleandish.wordpress.com elle

    …bored!

  • http://smallstepsforbigchange.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/anti-procrastination-day-1/ SS4BC

    Going on vacation. Srsly, that is the only time I buy out of the ordinary things.

  • http://www.ifiwereawealthygirl.blogspot.com Broke by Choice

    I too let all rule out of the window when I travel!

  • http://wellheeledblog.com WellHeeledBlog

    Happy. I buy things when I’m happy. Isn’t that weird? I guess when I’m happy I want to fill my life with beautiful things.. and most of the times it cost money to buy beautiful things (I mean, love and friendship is beautiful and free, but you can’t really decorate an apartment with it, can you?).

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  • http://investingnewbie.wordpress.com Investing Newbie

    Well-Helled totally took my comment! LOL. But I buy things when i’m happy. If I’m happy in a mall…WATCH OUT!

  • Tiffany

    feeling accomplished…like a deserve a new “thing” for working so hard! usually I remember that if i don’t buy so MANY things i won’t have to work so hard. but it doesn’t always work!

  • http://lifetuner.org Keith @ LifeTuner

    I buy things when I’m buying things. Seriously, once I get started, it’s hard to stop. I tend to binge shop.

  • http://seenonflickr.wordpress.com/ Steph/seenonflickr

    I absolutely agree with the comment above mine. I buy more when I’m already buying something else. When I haven’t bought clothes for a while – like, a few months, I don’t buy A shirt, I buy four shirts. And a sweater. And a belt. And a skirt or two. And some socks. Aieee.

  • http://www.youandmeandlucy.com michele

    when I’m stressed or depressed!

  • http://pike2010.wordpress.com/ Pike

    When I am upset, depressed, feeling misundesrtood and underestimated.
    .-= Pike´s last blog ..To Nook or not to Nook =-.