I Am A Shopping Fiend

in the last week -- because i have been on vacation -- i've sauntered in and out of dozens of stores of all kinds. these include h&m, the gap, lush, linens 'n' things, borders, payless shoe source, target, conway, marshalls, wal-mart, cvs, the yankee candle company, shoe mania, fortunoff, cliquer's herald square, dsw, best buy, old navy, the sony style store, macy's, urban outfitters, the apple store, strand, ann taylor loft, and random furniture stores (plus makeshift stalls on manhattan street corners). i actually bought stuff at many of these places; other visits were for pure diversion.

(needless to say, my credit card bills are... interesting. i feel insane. i've never shopped this much in my life!! hello, after-effects of blatant capitalism and shrewd marketing.)

to make matters worse, i am online at 3 am clicking through websites and daydreaming about accessorizing: <http://www.ikea.com>, <http://www.pier1.com>, <http://www.overstock.com>, <http://www.homegoods.com>, <http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com>, <http://www.target.com>, <http://www.fabindia.com>... oh god.

(ps, perhaps this selection of stores websites does not quite match your own tastes, and you think i must be a crappy dresser and decorator because of my choices. but i'll have you know i have a martha inside me, too; i am just a shopper on a budget with a pretty little apartment to decorate, and a unique dress sense. and since i am given to want many things at one time, i do better when i save while spending. so perhaps i am not a fiend who is given to ridiculous splurges, but i am a fiend nonetheless!)