Something is wrong with me. It's not good. I don't know how I have contracted this horrible...for lack of a better word...affliction. I did not see it coming. But, I--the king of the bargain--have seemingly lost the will to shop.
Case in point: lunch today. For almost a decade, I have enjoyed some light shopping on my lunch break. It usually amounts to stuff I really don't need (an over-priced bejeweled pug and pink poodle by him are good examples) or ever really use (decades dessert plates from Pottery Barn, anyone?). However, today I visited Best Buy. I even had a gift card courtesy of my boss. It wasn't going to cost me anything. I could get a couple of CDs or DVDs or whatever. What did I leave with? Nothing. That's right. Nada. Zip. Zilcho. Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie collection? No thanks. Ultimate Dirty Dancing soundtrack? Not so much. Yes, these are things I probably would have enjoyed, but I left the store empty-handed.
I guess the only possible explanation is that Shlomo and I have simply shopped too much. (Don't get too excited Shlomo...I still want that one thing we are waiting until March for.) Maybe that is part of the problem. When there is one thing I want more than anything else, maybe nothing else matters if that thing is truly within reach. If you know it is not really a possibility like, say, a chateau in the south of France or a yacht, it does not have the same effect. So maybe, just maybe, my expensive taste is starting to work in my favor. It's possible.
By the way--that one special item--yeah, I am saving it for a later post. I don't want to talk about it now for fear that I will jinx it. Oh, and M-Dawg, I am sorry for taking you on my fruitless trip to Best Buy. It won't happen again. Although, we might have to go back on January 8 when this comes out.
In the meantime, please pray that my desire for retail therapy returns. How will I spend those boring Saturday afternoons if I am not procuring pricey items? Training the dogs? That's a lost cause (but not for that certain someone in Arkansas with a new puppy...hang in there). Doing something charitable? Maybe. Exercising? I could not even type that with a straight face. Face it...it's either shopping or napping. Hopefully, God will once again bless me with the desire to shop. I can sleep at the office.
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2 comments:
thanks for the support!!!! I consider him a blessing.....this time of year is difficult for me anyway and the loss of my baby made it worse. The joy and excitment of a new puppy has brightened the day!!!!!
Take care! Enjoy the weekend!
KC
Ummmmm, Anshel. You totally missed the big clue right in the middle of your own entry. You're FINE. You never lost your will to shop. Silly. You made an honest mistake. You were trying to spend someone else's money! It never works. I can't do it either. I never get nearly the pleasure of purchasing with a gift card as with my own money. I can't explain it. It should work the opposite way. But it doesn't. Unless you are poor. Then it works. Which I am right now. And I got a gift card for Cmas from my brother. It's like GOLD. But back to you. Yeah, that was your mistake. Try going back and spending your own money. You'll see. I know I'm right on this one. You can thank me in gift cards.
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