Years ago I loved ships. I used to want a model of an old sailing ship for my home..but I never could afford one. I would have settled for a painting or print of one...but couldn't really afford that either. One day, on one of my junk store adventures, I found this plate and never longed for a ship after that. It must have satisfied the yearning. I have noticed that if I don't get some coveted item, the passion for it eventually seems to leave me. Even if the day comes and I can have it, I walk on by. However..I go on these..buying rampages. I get a feeling like "I HAVE to go find something! Anything! What if THE item that is perfect is out there and someone else finds it!! I HAVE to GO!" :) And I have to say, there is something satisfying about it. It fullfills some need in me. Decorating, for me, is actually a reason to get up in the morning. I think it has kept me going at times of sorrow and loss. It is truly a passion and I have had it since I was 17 and a newly wed. Anyway...I love my plate. Do you really think there is such a thing as a "shopaholic?" I don't think I am that far gone..or should I say I have never thought of myself as such. Hmmm...I need to think about this. I always thought you were a shopaholic if you bought things you didn't have money for and had to charge them..got yourself in trouble in that way? No? Naw...I can't be one of those...
I mean I don't buy things just to be buying things and then take them back. I HATE returning something though I must say I am quicker to take something back that is flawed or won't work etc. than I used to be. Has someone told me I'm a shopaholic..well..yes they have. I mean it was never a HUGE deal..but I was teased a bit. I have things to do..I'll think about this tomorrow. :)
No Your not even close to be a shopaholic! They buy things until the money is gone and then continues to buy things anyway.
ReplyDeleteLovely plate. I grwe up by the ocean in Gotheburg and love old ships. The ocean is the only thing I miss from there. Nothing compares to the smell from the ocean a warm summer night and it´s even better if one can sleep in ones own sailboat :-)
Christer.
I like your thinking.... I'll think about it tomorrow. I was reading your profile, wow two husbands passing away w/ cancer. My brother in law is fighting liver cancer right now. Well I don't know if fighting it is really the correct term. He is dying. He's been w/ us 2 1/2 months since his diagnosis. He is hanging in there. He is in his mid 50's. This is not a good time for us as you are all to aware of. I'm glad you stopped by my blog. As you have noticed it is mostly very silly. I think we need a break from all the seriousness sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI will talk to you again. Oh, and I think you may be a shopaholic.
I think you are far from a Shopaholic. Didn't Scarlett always say "tomorrow is another day" Something like that!
ReplyDeleteI like the plate:-)
Michelle
Michelle...I have GOT to stop reading that book over and over. I have had it for about 25 years, same book. It is taped together with packing tape and scotch tape.
ReplyDeleteI think it is an escape book for me. And, yes, Scarlett did say "after all, tomorrow IS another day" and I sort of live by that. She was a little poop wasn't she? :) Strong though.
Thanks for stopping by. Very sweet of you.
Oh, my! You've stumped me well and truly with this one, Mona. I am actually experiencing a bit of the reverse syndrome these days - not at all keen to get to the shops! Obviously, we have to eat and we need stuff, but if I don't have to go, I don't (or even when I DO have to, I often rope my poor husband into doing it for me!)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say you're a shopaholic in the strict sense of the word, though. Just someone who passionately loves a really great find, when you can afford it, and THAT can, and does, sometimes happen in splurges :) Especially when you are decorating!