“Shopping is cheaper than therapy.” What’s YOUR take on this? Whoever said that money cannot buy happiness has definitely got it all wrong. The joy of swiping your card and buying a cashmere coat for yourself! Of course, you shouldn’t be swiping your card for everything that your heart desires. There is a difference between […]
You’ll see that I have come really far; I believe in myself and I have the right attitude to take me even further against a backdrop of overspending. I know that I am not all alone in this, as a mere search through the internet will reveal that many are those who have found themselves […]
The primary situation that not only changed my spending habits, but changed my life forever, was having my son, Joel. I knew from the beginning that with the decline of the socio-demographics, I wanted him to go to college and get a full education. If that was going to happen, I needed to start investing […]
One of the habitual reasons psychologists claim that people like myself become shopping addicts is because, at some level, we have a lower self-esteem. Dr. HindieKlien from Psychology Today labeled the particular obsessive-compulsive disorder, ‘oniomania’, also known as compulsive shopping (in case you’re wondering you don’t pronounce it like the vegetable. It’s more like ‘oh-n-i-oh-mania’.) […]
Hello Readers, Catherine, Shopping Addict here. A lot has happened since my last article “Tips and Tricks to Save You Money when you Shop”. I want to tell you that over the past three months of using these tricks of the internet trade in finding a way to save money while shopping, my credit score […]
Since admitting to my shopping addiction, in my article “Are You a Shopping Addict? Identify Yourself!” I have agreed to shop smarter, learning to save money to improve my finances. With this in mind, I started a list of things I already do to smart shop. Go to yard sales for needed items Go to […]
