Shopping List

Where did my money go? Part One
(Purchases within a span of around three days)

Two toys for the birds
One food dish for the birds
One green dress
One black dress
One set of bangle bracelets
Two sets of clip-in flowers for my hair
One hair clip
One shirt
One pair of earrings
One book on meditation
One double CD of guided meditation/music
One bottle of nail polish remover
One bottle of astringent
One decorative dish for the coffee table.
One set of decorative ball things to put IN the dish.
Two snake plants.
One deodorant that I didn’t need b/c I already have 2, but I liked the smell so I couldn’t resist.
One lamp.
One enormous corn plant.
One glass dish.
One bamboo dish.
One spa/wrap towel
One loofah sponge
One wireless mouse for laptop
One mouse pad
One decorative item from Pier 1 Imports
One candle
One candle dish
One box of green candles
One framed picture to hang on the wall
Two bags of decorative stones/pebbles
Two flower pots
One large basket to place the enormous corn plant in.
Two packages of light bulbs for the new lamp.
One 1-year membership to bluemountain.com
*this list does not include expenses such as gas, therapy, food, and an iced coffee (or two) per day.

Would that be a hypomanic mini shopping spree? That's what I do sometimes... *sigh*
Sometimes I keep the stuff and sometimes I'm glad I keep receipts!

I dream these hypomanic shopping sprees because I can't afford them...

Hey at least you know where the money went.

I racked up $6,000 on a zero-interest credit card and I can't for the life of me figure out where half of it went. I know $3,000 went to house plans...but the rest...just disappeared!!

Trying to figure out how...or if...to tell my husband.

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Razzleberry said:
I know $3,000 went to house plans...but the rest...just disappeared!!

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Holy cow, I misread that as "I know $3000 went to house PLANTS." ROFLMAO-- I couldn't imagine how many plants you bought or why, but hey-- you never know what a manic person will spend money on!!! After all, I did have three plants on my shopping list.

Also, I didn't know where my money went either. This list was made a few days after the spree-- I realized I had no idea where the money went and for the first time, I decided to sit down and think about exactly where it could have gone. I guess I found out.

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mybestkids2 said:
I dream these hypomanic shopping sprees because I can't afford them...

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Ah, neither can I-- that's why it is a hypomanic shopping spree!!

My T told me I had bought a beautiful coat once. I told her that I bought in on a manic spending spree. She replied "Well, I probably shouldn't reinforce that then."

I'm really proud that you were able to pin down where it went. I hate it when it just evaporates.

I know it too well. I've been in debt three times for about $20,000. Paid it off by downsizing our house two times. Finally had to file bankruptcy to get out from underneath after my wife lost her job. Mania, hypo-mania are a barrel of laughs.