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03 December 2007

What can you not stop buying? →[More:]*Cheap shoes. Payless is so dangerous. But I'm trying to ween myself off cheap shoes! 1 pair $80 shoes > 4 pairs $20 shoes.
*Lip gloss. And I use it ALL.
*I go through grocery phases, where everytime I go to the store I think, oh, yea, definitely need some of that. And then I end up with 6 boxes of Jello, and why did I think I needed that much?

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 16:24 | 49 comments

Time.
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posted by ethylene 03 December | 16:28

Nail polish. Whiskeys. How many whiskeys does one liquor cabinet need? The answer is "more".

And this winter, I thought it would be sweater dresses, but I am showing more restraint than I had expected.

posted by crush-onastick 03 December | 16:29

Diet Coke.

posted by bunnyfire 03 December | 16:30

I buy a lime pretty much every time I'm in the grocery store. Which means that at any one time, I have dozens of limes in various states of dessication in my fruit basket.

It's amazing how small limes can get when they rot.

posted by mudpuppie 03 December | 16:31

Guitar equipment. I've got three bids on Ebay at the moment which if I win I'll have to pay for by selling a kidney. I'm never going on Ebay drunk again.

posted by oh pollo! 03 December | 16:32

onesies.

posted by pinky.p 03 December | 16:32

I try not to buy too much. But I could never stop buying books.

posted by Fuzzy Monster 03 December | 16:33

Bath bombs from lush.

posted by gaspode 03 December | 16:36

/DERAIL/
Oh Mudpuppie, LIMES mmmm, when they dessicate put them in a persian stew! Garam Sabsi or some variation of that spelling, anything slow cooking, it's amazing.

posted by Wilder 03 December | 16:38

Huh. Good to know, Wilder, thanks.

But then what will I use to throw at the squirrels??

posted by mudpuppie 03 December | 16:39

I don't buy cheap shoes anymore.
I actually did the math, they cost me about $3 a wearing on average, since the heels always snap for me within a month. It's cheaper for me to shell out an extra $30 or so for something better.

posted by kellydamnit 03 December | 16:40

Damn you for even mentioning eBay, oh pollo!- I just had quite the eBay detour. At least I didn't bid on anything!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 03 December | 16:45

Oh, and fabric is it for me. I have tons. I buy yardage and never use it for anything. I'm insane.

posted by kellydamnit 03 December | 16:49

Last year, I would have said books but after moving 95 boxes of books to our new house, I think that I'm cured.

posted by octothorpe 03 December | 16:53

Guitar strings

posted by chuckdarwin 03 December | 16:55

Yarn. Yarn and Snapple.

posted by MonkeyButter 03 December | 16:56

Books! Can't stop, won't stop, never gonna stop.

Body butter/intensive moisturizers etc. About one in 10 is actually any good, and then it's always too expensive. But I keep hoping, and ending up with tons of barely used not-very-good creams. I need to just stick to the more expensive ones to save money, I guess.

Flowers. Unless we're dirt poor, I can't resist buying flowers. One of my few real extravagances... though I don't really get the luxury models, just your basic mums, carnations, daisies n' stuff.

posted by taz 03 December | 16:58

mudpuppie, I do that too! Limes and jalapeno peppers and paper towels are all things I'm convinced we're constantly in dire need of, so I buy them on every grocery store trip. And dog toys. I keep thinking that I will finally stumble across the perfect dog toy, the toy that keeps Django occupied all day and stops him from eating the couch/my cds/the pillows/my clothes, etc. It never works - he just plays with the toy for a while and then carries it out to lose it in the yard.

posted by mygothlaundry 03 December | 17:05

Novels.

posted by small_ruminant 03 December | 17:10

CDs

posted by TheDonF 03 December | 17:11

lip balms
ginger anything (ginger chews, chocolate-covered ginger, ginger snaps, crystallized ginger)
patterned socks (from Sock Dreams)

posted by smich 03 December | 17:17

Books, always! I have no space for them, but I keep buying 'em. Especially art history and novels. Taz, thanks for the reminder, I haven't bought flowers in awhile. I'm overdue!

posted by angelique.eek 03 December | 17:34

The past year or two have pretty much cured me of my habit of buying too much of anything - unless it's something I absolutely need, I generally haven't been able to justify it in the budget.

Hopefully this will stick, because I've finally figured out a way to buy groceries/food in a way that I have a decent stock of non-perishables on hand and keep enough produce and other perishables on hand at any given moment. For a long time I struggled with how to avoid waste, considering how most grocery items seem to come in portions/packages that are just too big for one person. No spoiled food these days, hurrah!

Cheap shoes/clothes would have been mine a couple of years ago. Which I realized was crazy because they often fell apart/didn't fit right/didn't look all that great, etc. Which meant they did nothing but sat in my closet.

posted by SassHat 03 December | 17:49

T-shirts by indie T-shirt artists.

posted by Claudia_SF 03 December | 17:51

Beer. Beer is the ultimate demotivator.

posted by eekacat 03 December | 17:52

CDs.

I think if I started playing my music collection alphabetically, I'd make it to about Y before I died of old age, and yet that '3 for $10' bin at the 2nd hand CD shop on Bourke Street keeps calling out to me.

Also beer, but I'm good with that.

posted by pompomtom 03 December | 18:00

Old film cameras.

posted by BoringPostcards 03 December | 18:04

art supplies

posted by small_ruminant 03 December | 18:28

Wigs

posted by bonehead 03 December | 18:29

*Magazine subscriptions. I'm a real sucker for a deal like "10 dollars, 12 magazines."
*Handmade soaps. I really like the ones with embedded bits of loofah. (I expect to be spending lots of time at Soapy Hollow, now that I know about it.)
*Books (especially fiction, cookbooks, and whatever looks good on the Remainders table at my favorite bookstore).
*Salty snacks.

posted by initapplette 03 December | 18:32

Toilet paper. And food. I tried to stop buying food at one point but I just kept getting hungrier and hungrier. I thought it was one of those things like, once I got through the worst of it, I'd be free from cravings. And it was... for a bit. But then it kept coming back stronger and stronger and staying away less and less.

posted by Eideteker 03 December | 18:53

Cigarettes. Speaking of which, off I go. Good thing it's stopped raining.

posted by elizard 03 December | 19:05

Sugarless gum, Diet Dr. Pepper, and Bulgarian music.

posted by mykescipark 03 December | 19:07

Almost Daily:

Diet Soda
Beer & Wine
Gum

Almost Monthly:

Lip Gloss/Balms/Products

Bi-Monthly-ish:

I have a weakness for shoes, including flip flops and slippers, depending on the season. And underthings. And Candles. Must have candles in the house.

I thought the library had cured me of magazines, but because I am on a self-imposed library hiatus because of studying for an insurance exam, I've bought some magazines.

posted by rainbaby 03 December | 19:09

Gadgets. Sadly.

posted by seanyboy 03 December | 19:33

persimmons

posted by small_ruminant 03 December | 19:45

powerball tickets.

posted by chewatadistance 03 December | 19:58

Coats, shoes, and purses. Seriously. I am a coat/shoe/purse whore. Wherever I'm going, I never have the right shoes/purse so off I go to get new ones. I think maybe I'm good on coats for now. Maybe.

posted by redvixen 03 December | 20:20

Books -- I'm clearing about 150 out of my library before I move. (Oh, did I mention? We got an apartment! In Brooklyn!)

Also, art supplies of any sort. Seriously, I see glitter and I'm like, "I might use that one day." Or magnets. Oil colors. I'll be like, "Oh, I only have half a bottle of turpenoid left. I need more, maybe, someday." And so I have a giant chest of drawers full of crayons, paints, pastels, brushes, papers, canvas, etc.

posted by brina 03 December | 20:41

Books
CDs
Film

posted by matildaben 03 December | 21:46

Books and CDs, but it's not like a compulsion or anything.

posted by bmarkey 03 December | 22:09

Right now it's mints and high-end chocolate bars.

posted by casarkos 03 December | 23:12

Floor tiles:

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My car can only carry so many of them (frickin HEAVY), so I can only buy a few boxes at a time. The back hall is almost done, the boys bathroom is next then... THE KITCHEN.

posted by Doohickie 04 December | 00:12

Bath bombs from lush.

Hahaha, me too! : ) And bubble bars, melts, etc. etc. ; )

posted by sisterhavana 04 December | 00:44

Cookies.

posted by netbros 04 December | 02:36

Books for me too: I worked out the other week I've bought 53 books so far this year.

posted by misteraitch 04 December | 04:32

Chocolate. Books. If I had more money, I would buy even more books.

posted by Daniel Charms 04 December | 08:37

Heh. My answer is also books. I've started buying the books I want my (eventual) children to read, to compound the problem. And I am in no way angry at myself for giving away all of my children's and YA books in an "I'm an adult now" fit of pique age 15, and now having to buy all of those books again, no way at all stupid 15-year-old self, stupid waste of money, stupid stupid stupid....

posted by goo 04 December | 10:49

Vowels.
Damn you Pat Sajak.

posted by Hellbient 04 December | 11:52

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