Very interesting thread, and well done to RD for starting it and being so honest. I hope you clear that £400 really soon! My weakness is beauty TSVs. Imagine every month you are going for a beauty TSV (which tend to be about £44 inc. P+P) then at the last minute, transfer it to the account w. the £400 debt. Amazingly, in 10 months or under, you will be debt free! Think how great that will feel.
I know too well the shopping to fill a hole addiction. When I was growing up, I had so little self esteem that I really didn't feel worthy of spending money on myself. I was forever buying things and returning them. It was only in my early 30s that I started taking care of myself, wearing nice clothes and liking the person I saw in the mirror. Then, we got sky, and I think to avoid the Iraq war and all the awful things that are going on in the world, I started watching QVC. It just seemed to soothe me at the end of a long day, and it meant I didn't have to think about things that I couldn't change.
Then I started shopping - everything and anything. And getting the parcels was really thrilling. It was only when I hid a parcel from my husband that I realised that my habit was becoming an addiction.
It was only a few months ago that I started getting fed up with QVC, and thankfully found this forum - there is so much truth is the adage "when the student is ready, the teacher appears."
My watching and purchasing has really gone down!
Thank-you to the person who talked about £40 odd for soap - I will never forget that! I nearly got the L'O TSV and am glad that I didn't go for it.
I did splurge on LG on Sunday, but her stuff is so economical and lasts an absolute age.
I too am going to start putting my money aside for something special - a nice holiday maybe, instead on spending it on impulse buys from QVC. Each time I don't get something from QVC that the old me would have gone for, I will add the total to my holiday account.
