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Diane A's avatar

Oh boy, can I relate to this. First off, I am happy to hear your Mom is making a nice recovery. Nothing is more stressful than having loved ones sick. At the beginning of Covid, I started watching the Tibi style classes. At first, I was using it for ideas on what to sew. I was tweaking patterns to give them a Tibi vibe. It wasn't long before I started buying. These clothes were in a higher price range than I had ever shopped before. Covid and the isolation were hard and the beautiful clothes and shopping made me feel less lonely. I was in the "CP" club - brilliant marketing on Amy's part. Many of these purchases don't fit my lifestyle. I also buy for a fantasy life that is dressier than my actual life. I have come to the conclusion that I too am a shopaholic. I am on a no buy from now till the end of the year. I have many beautiful clothes and need absolutley nothing. Wish me luck. I feel the shopping pull constantly. I commend you, Tiia, for not caving when your Mom was ill. Way to go!

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MidnightBlueBlack's avatar

So sorry to hear about your mom. Hope her recovery is speedy. Your thoughts here are quite apt as usual! Guilty on several counts!!! I think another sobering marker is when you have more items than days in the season so you know you couldn’t possibly where these items multiple times. Yikes! I realize now that prior purchases preclude future ones (duh!). Yeah, so while everything in my closet sparks joy (have already purged the things that don’t), that criteria is insufficient. The real bar for a new purchase should be is this item worth not buying anything related/take the equivalent room in the closet for ten years. Are you willing to forgo buying for ten years to own this item? That’s the question I think I need to be asking myself.

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