[zijax]

I can not stop these bursts of shopping. I was up at 3am and went to all night Walmart and bought a bunch of clothes for a friend of mine. The problem with this is that he can't even wear them. He's in prison. I bought him a Les Paul last week. I'm ordering online, overspending at grocery store, going out for meals, starbucks two and three times a day... I've already run through my money for the month. I'm thinking of asking my Mother to hold onto my credit card until the first of the month, but I don't want her to have that control over me. I'm trying to be independent but I'm going to be in debt if I don't watch out. I'm also getting store credit cards for large ticket items and paying on them. I want to go buy a bigger tv, suddenly my tv looks tiny. I want new furniture. It's like it feels good to spend money but this has got to stop!

[zepchic]

I'd say try to return anything you can...that's a pain in the *** so maybe a deterant to doing it again. Cut up any store credit cards you can cause those pretty much suck as a financial decision. I wouldn't be able to give my mom my cc though, just because I couldn't admit my failure as a human being to her...LOL (that's me, not saying you are a failure). Try to find a hobby, instead of shopping. I KWYM though, it is addictive and satisfying. Internet shopping is the worst though! So hard to return or can't return or have to pay to return and I buy the dumbest stuff. Like sophisticated litterboxes for a cat I may get in the future.

I have a bit of a klepto problem sometimes. I just feel like, 'well, I deserve this' or 'why pay for it when it can be free!' Super gratifying to walk out of a store with hundreds of dollars of stuff, but also embarrassing and risky. It has been a while for me since I actually did that stuff.

[Ellie_jo]

That's annoying. I spree buy art supplies and lotions and body wash and dog toys in weird amounts but never buy anything practical like clothes or food (I have hardly any clothes bc I hate shopping for them and sometimes I just don't eat bc I can't be bothered to buy groceries for my apartment). I hope you find something that works for you. I rely on my parents way more than I like so I would not think anything about asking this favor of them. But I get why you're reluctant to ask. Cheers!

I relate and understand. As a poster above mentioned, return the items. I did that recently and it's a good feeling. I still have more to return. My spouse went on a spending spree at the same time I did and unfortunately, his stuff isn't the kind which can be returned or sold. Since we just celebrated our 10th year wedding anniversary, we decided not to beat ourselves up too much, but something needs doing and now.

I asked my spouse if we can see a financial advisor or planner to keep us on tract. We really need it. He's opposed to the idea but something needs to be done. Ugggg. I'm hoping medication and learning new coping skills will help me and him. I feel confident we can correct this together.