Shopping addiction

What I owned during "the obese years":  

2 pairs of black dress pants (one was a maternity leftover from 2010)

Flip flops

One pair of black dress shoes

5 work shirts

maternity yoga pants

men's t-shirts

1 bra

maternity undies

Now I own:  everything I can think of (skirts, dresses, skinny jeans/cords, boots, flats, new makeup, undies/bras, great skin cleansers, sweaters...you get the picture).

I can't stop although it has slowed down tremendously.  Anyone else struggling with this compulsion?

I too am a SHOP-A-HOLIC...  My hubby is the only one struggling with it tho... lol... I love to shop and own TOO many clothes... I am now using the spare room closet and part of his side too... but I look cute ;)

In my pre-surgery class, and ongoing support group we were advised of the two deadly forms of addiction that await Roux N Y patients, one is alcohol addiction, the other is shopping addiction. 

While I think that it is reasonable to want to buy clothes that compliment your new body, that you sacrificed your life for and worked so hard for, I do believe that if you think you are going overboard, and your shopping is extensive, and you are running up credit cards, not buying essential things that you need from day to day, or constantly thinking about clothes, then perhaps you should see a therapist about this. 

Running up credit cards? - thankfully not.  I pay cash just for this reason.

Not buying essentials?  Never thought of this but the answer is no.  I still grocery shop, etc like normal

Constantly thinking of clothes?  No.  Make-up?  Possibly.

Therapy?  I already know I'm crazy.  :)

I love to shop too...but I always have! It's just more fun now that I can go anywhere and buy smaller sizes!!!

I have always had a thing for clothes. Before surgery I shopped because it was hard to find things that fit exactly right. Now I shop because I like having a bigger selection and it's FUN! I still pay all my bills and buy food, so I don't worry too much. I also bargain shop, so I don't feel bad about it.

But yes, I can relate, especially about makeup and dresses.

Fortunately I usually shop at thrift stores but it is still easy to get out of hand.  My biggest problem is not having room and having so many different things that I don't wear them at all.  I find a few tried and true things that I like and wear them and forget the newer things.

At first it was just because things fit me.  I went through a phase where if it fit I had to buy it.  Leftover from when nothing fit I guess.  Then I went through a phase where I bought jeans.  I wasn't working at the time so all I wore was jeans.  Since I didn't wear jeans for years it was pretty new until I realized I had dozens of pairs of jeans and I didn't even like many of them.  Then there was when I was losing and buying so many things that when I got around to wearing them they didn't fit.

Then the seasons changed and I realized I didn't have anything for the warm weather so I went out and bought a bunch of sundresses, shorts and sleeveless tops.  Then it got colder so I put those away and got out my colder weather things and found that some didn't fit any more and I didn't like a lot of them.  So I went through those and got rid of the things I knew I'd never wear and bought different things.  Then it got warm again and I was sick of my warm weather clothes and had to buy more.

Then I got a job outside the home and I realized I had no pants other then jeans so I went and bought some work pants.  I couldn't decide what to buy so I bought several different pairs because they fit and were half off.  I bought some nicer tops, too, and some dresses, skirts and jackets.  Then I found I would be working mainly weekends and could wear jeans so I bought some more jeans that would be appropriate for work.

Then it got cold again so I bought leggings and sweaters.  I discovered I liked wearing sweaters that buttoned so I bought a lot of those to match my pants and tops.  Then I realized I needed some coats so I got a few of those.  And my feet were cold so I got some boots.

Through all this I kept weeding out things I never wore or I didn't like how they fit.  I would guess that Craigslist recipients were the lucky beneficiaries of dozens of bags of clothes that I hardly, if ever, wore.

Then I turned 55 and the thrift store near me has 40% off on Wednesdays for seniors so that led to weekly shopping trips where I brought home more things.  And yet I usually wear a just a few of my favorites so now I still have a closet stuffed with things that still have tags on them that I have yet to wear and haven't decided yet if I will.  And of course I need shoes and purses to match those things.  And most of the time I wear my Levi's and T shirts, except at work.

But no, I haven't developed a shopping addiction.

You crack me up! 

I own a lot of clothes now and will probably have a lot of clothes as I lose.  Luckily, I have a huge closet and I also like to shop garage sales so money is not an issue here.

I get gout and have just recovered from plantar fasciitis which left me wearing these ugly looking duck shoes with arch supports.  I am hoping that when I get to my goal weight that I might be able to wear some of my nice heels again.