Great list of questions to consider, said the member of the choir. :^) I also really like your quote "If you buy it, they will sell it". To the "Do you need it?" discussion I'd add - Before you buy any non-essential item, try waiting a week before you make the purchase. For me, at any rate, these needs and wants often fade away and this way the bank balance grows too.
Ha, your advice to wait a week sounds a little like the advice you hear given to people suffering from an addiction. "Take a deep breath, empty your mind. Ask yourself 'Why am I doing this'?" Is consumerism a drug, I wonder.
Great list of questions to consider, said the member of the choir. :^) I also really like your quote "If you buy it, they will sell it". To the "Do you need it?" discussion I'd add - Before you buy any non-essential item, try waiting a week before you make the purchase. For me, at any rate, these needs and wants often fade away and this way the bank balance grows too.
Ha, your advice to wait a week sounds a little like the advice you hear given to people suffering from an addiction. "Take a deep breath, empty your mind. Ask yourself 'Why am I doing this'?" Is consumerism a drug, I wonder.
Good question ... I suspect it is a drug, there is such a thing as a shopping addiction. It's also the advice I used to give to my kids.