Oh joy! Africa’s only token compacter got out of the house today. Not to a restaurant or anything exciting, but far away enough from the compost heap; to the reassuring bosom of affluenza. What bliss.
The husband was invited, but he’s in the process of giving up smoking, care of Zyban, which has left him slouched in the corner dribbling and seizuring. What I mean is that it’s a potent drug that stops hardened addicts smoking basically by incapacitating them. Obviously I’m a little concerned, I’ll have to check on him later and I’ll have to keep an eye on him for the next 2 months of what I can only imagine is going to be unmitigated hell. There’s nothing as bad-tempered and mean as a quitting smoker, I know ‘cos we’ve been here and done this many times before, only this time we’ve enlisted Zyban the Zombie. I count the days.
So we, 10 of us, who have accepted or forsaken our habits; we talked shopping. How it’s just all about fantasy, most of our lives are just about fantasy, especially shopping.
I’m just thinking of those huge September bonuses London’s investment bankers receive; they were all over the newspapers a few months back. It seems their jobs are obviously totally exhausting; just a total slog. Then comes September with a gigantic bonus.
I can only imagine what keeps them working is the dream of spending the money; that’s why I gather they pay out only once a year – it keeps everyone hungry, it keeps the fantasy big and bright.
So if you’re the big fish with the obscene bonus, you buy the £8m yatch. If you’re not so lucky you put your name down for a Bugatti or whatever. For people like myself, to be seduced by Kurt Geiger is just about as good as it gets - in the big sea of life I’m like plankton - in my next life I’m going to catch me a nice city shark.
I can’t imagine what it’s like to be in a position to dump millions on a boat, but I’m sure that’s one hell of a fantasy. When I hear that someone gets like £1m for a bonus, I think Christ I would buy start a property portfolio and get to a place of independence as quickly as possible, so I could chuck that crap exhausting job, but for those wealthy ones a shoe fetish daydream is simply not enough. Fantasies’ expand to meet income.
Basically shopping’s about getting a huge dopamine buzz at the prospect of something new, exciting and challenging. Once the thrills over, we need to go find another buzz, by then we’re slaves to all the crap we’ve accumulated.
So, for me, the no shopping is about breaking this vicious circle, it’s about finding my self esteem and getting to know myself, so when I do buy something, whatever it is, an expensive car, a pair of shoes or a holiday house, I know it’s something I really want. I won’t be buying it simply to impress my friends; I won’t need to see the envy in their eyes to feel blessed.
And best of all, not spending means I’m saving and my next Big Purchase will be a holiday house in the south of France. Dream on girl.
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I always feel a bit guilty when i spend. I must be one of the few women who does not enjoy shopping.
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Yes, I was very 'exhaust of basic layout' of 20six, Pimper. Which is why I legged it further afield.
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A holiday house is a good thing to save up for.
But no-shopping for the sake of no-shopping is a better way to go. I'm trying to do it myself. 'Saving for a rainy day', the phrase goes, which in practical terms means saving for around 280 days of the English year, rendering the whole phrase a bit meaningless.
(Really, I'm saving so I can travel and not have to care about overspending).
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