Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Compulsive Consumer

The lead up to this trip has been a giant emotional and problematic learning curve. One I choose to believe I'm failing at, mostly due to my solution to most problems I'm fretting over is overspending.

I spend weeks fretting over what bag I should take, then I decide to buy a new one, freak out over which one I should buy, end up putting one on layby that is 100 bucks over my "budget". I decided firmly that I will not need to buy any snow gear over here before I go. Then there's a 30% off sale at the snow shop. I fret for an hour over wanting this jacket and convincing myself that I'll "need" it. More pre-trip monies gone. My new hard and firm decision is not to buy a laptop, mp3 player or phone before I leave. I don't question "if" I need a laptop, new mp3 player or new phone, just "when" I'll buy them and "what" model they will be. Tragic.

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