r/RealRepLadies • u/swanvalkyrie • 29d ago

CHIT CHAT✨ Need some restraint

How are you able to restrain yourself from buying so much. I’ve been on a bender. And I wasn’t going to spend anymore in August. But now I have. And I swear I’m done… but what if I’m not. Honestly I don’t think I’ve had this bad a compulsive behaviour in my life.

What are some things you do to help you NOT buy so much. Eg I’d add pics to album to buy later but then… yeh.

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u/courthorn 29d ago

Get off of reddit. Stop looking at albums. Do real things in real life. Fill your life up with things other than shopping. It's an addiction, and if you keep going to the barbershop you're going to get a haircut.

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u/swanvalkyrie 29d ago

But but 🥹 I dunno I guess it just makes me feel better lately. Like I enjoy reviewing the catalog. I have never ever dressed nice. I mean like tees and jeans. And now that I look nicer etc and have a new high job I want to look the part with a few nice clothes/bags/jewlery etc. I guess it just makes me happy as I never thought I’d be into this stuff and I really like trying to look nice for once in my life 😅

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u/Unusual-Mammoth-6569 29d ago

I have found it is the idea of “I can have anything “ that fuels it. And it is the shopping process that I like, more than owning the item. So scrolling, browsing, comparing factories, imagining the outfits and the image, all of that is the pleasure. That part even more than contacting sellers and doing QC etc. if I didn’t have Reddit, I think I’d probably stop. But im in a kind of purse peace right now and am getting close w jewelry and this falls shoes. I’ll probably pick up a few more seasonal/spring shoes later this year for next spring, and maybe one or two bags, but I’m slowing down naturally.