Champagne and chocolates might seduce me into the bedroom but a sale seduces me anywhere, anytime. I can be crunching numbers for my business, hear a ping of my phone, see it’s a sale from a favorite shop … and I’m there. I might be talking on the phone with my dearest friend and while I enjoy catching up, if she mentions a sale at our favorite shop, I think of nothing else the rest of the convo. Anytime, any place. Champagne and chocolates just don’t have the same hold over me as that seductive whisper, “sale.”
I adore Lady Grey jewelry. Pretty, sophisticated, feminine without being girly. And, damn, right now it’s on sale.
Time to write. Time to take a walk. Time to pray for peace right now until the urge to shop passes.
Just as 37 years ago I walked a different route to avoid my favorite donut shop, today I’m trying to avert my eyes from visions like these. It’s harder now, in the world of the Internet. But it’s still possible: delete my subscription to Lady Grey until I can handle seeing their messages.
I also remind myself that today I want to be free of debt more than I want a piece of jewelry. I also have faith that, if I really want it, I’ll be able to get it another time, when I can buy it with money I actually have instead of on plastic.
Eat & Spend 