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| Sat, 11-15-2008 - 12:40am |
This economy is driving me NUTS..........................
I had to stop after work to buy something I needed, and I was happy to fnd there was a sale on it.....and then, I don't know...the thrill of shopping was just not there.

With so much artificial wealth out there, we as consumers have been drinking the "consumerism koolaid" and tricked into thinking that there are actually people out there that really care if we carry a $300 purse or wear $800 shoes.
Perfectly put.
We really need to shake off the mind set shrewd marketing has saddled us with.
Hey Littlesbigs...
I recognize that moment you had, of just wanting to go home and not think about spending money. I didn't like the feeling at the time I first had it, because I'd been spending for so long that it felt like a downer. . . but in retrospect, this was the beginning of a permanent change in how I viewed spending.
Now, I spend because I need to in order to achieve something, like finally furnishing and decorating the house I've lived in for 13 years (with empty rooms and nothing on the walls or windows, LOL!) - NOT for the weird satisfaction of just buying something. I can tell my mindset has changed, and I'm really glad. It's like over the course of the previous several years, I managed to put money in its proper perspective: it exists to serve me, I am not here to serve it.
Kelly
I feel the same way about there not being any thrill in looking around the shops any more. However, it has nothing to do with the economy; it is the simple realization that I don't actually need anything and that I have enough already. I got more thrills yesterday from not buying a really nice new bathrobe at 40% off to replace my 16 year old perfectly okay bathrobe than I would have done from buying the very plush new one at a very good price.
You often mention that you have lots of piles of stuff to sort through and full cupboards of craft things, and you mention that you'd like to move to a larger apartment. Perhaps you are simply realizing, like me, that you don't need any more things, and that is why the thrill of window shopping has vanished.
I also find the vast rise in homeless and destitute people very troubling and morally stops me from buying things I don't need anymore.
I agree with you that the current world economy is very scary.
Hi, Rebbeccalouise,
Yeah, I do have a lot of stuff in this little apartment, but there's never any time to deal with it....so hoping (again) as the autumn and winter (hopefully not of my discontent) pass that I will have some hours to weed thru it all.
Dee
Your right about the economy littlebigs, it is getting everyone down.
My kids hate my frugalness as well. But since I have been divorced (1.5 years) I have become very financially independent, personally and in my business. I used to beat myself up over the fact that I didn't know anything about it. Well guess what, now I have no choice. But when this debt is gone.....it will be me that accomplished it and will have gained back a part of myself, learned for my future security, and hopefully will teach my kids what money is all about and how to use it properly. I think once you start to move forward, your husband will see it, appreciate it, support it and grow with you. Read some books from the library....set some time line goals and go for it!
Have you ever thought about getting a different job? That must be pretty high temptation? How about some financial courses online and a career change. Wouldn't that impress the husband?
You have the power--no one else. GL