Confessions of an Online Shopping Addict

In my last post Resolutions for 23, I mentioned financial fitness as one of my primary goals during this year. And while I'm very much committed to saving and spending responsibly, I think I need to come clean about a problem I have. That problem is something I like to call online shopping.

Now maybe it's all of the time I spend on my computer at work reading blogs, I mean uh, working. Or maybe its my new(-ish) raise in income from my new job. Or maybe its that I need more excitement in life than getting packages in the mail (okay but who doesn't love that, really?). But whatever it is, I have developed a problem and its going to start getting expensive sooner than later. 

And I say this in the midst of a post-shopping experience that went like this (condensed version):

Okay, well I just got this gift card 3 hours ago, better just look at Old Navy to see what they have. You know, so I can go shopping later. 

High-waisted bikini bottoms? I need these. I'll look like I'm in The Notebook. Add to cart.

Yeah, I'll need the top, too. Add to cart.

Oh, but it only comes in the same pattern? I wanted red. Delete from cart.

Mouse scrolls over the shorts section.

Drapey shorts, yes those will be so much better than regular shorts. Add to cart.

Ew, that is not a flattering pattern. Delete from cart.

Thank god there's a black pair. Add to cart.

Maybe I'll just check out GAP and see if I like there stuff better.

Realizes that you can order from both on the same transaction.

Coral cut-off pocket tee, I'll look great in this with my new drapey shorts. Add to cart.

Coupon code for 25% off at GAP? Apply. ON coupon code for 30% off, too? Apply. Yes, free shipping! 

Checkout.

Ugh, still need a top for my bathing suit. Oh yeah, I had a 30% off + free shipping code from BareNecessities, they'll have much better fitting tops. Ah, and this one matches perfectly! Add to cart. Checkout.

Did I need a bathing suit? No, not really. I have one, maybe two already and there's no pool that I frequent enough to warrant needing another. My logic? I'm moving soon. Into an apartment that may or may not have a pool. I don't know yet, because I haven't found the apartment yet. Add to that my purchase last week which was an Australian coffee bath scrub (review soon to come) and my logic behind that buy was "this'll be great for a blog post". 

While I'm not spending mass amounts of money on things that I won't ever use and I'm only spending what I have after bills, I know that I should find a way to curb my addiction to the online shopping world. Somebody please tell me I'm not the only one who has an issue with this...anybody?

P.S. My orders will be here in 10 days time, and I'll be freshly scrubbed clean with all that coffee. 

-J