by Lorelei Cohen

Created on: April 02, 2008   Last Updated: February 16, 2009

I will be the first to admit that I am a person with a very limited amount of self control. I have often made the comment that it is a very good thing that I never got into the use of drugs because I would definitely have been addicted. I just have no will power. None! Zip! Zilch! Trust me I have tried to control my crazy nature and it is just too darn difficult to accomplish.

My total lack of ability to stop myself from doing what I want to do could be a genetic flaw passed down to me by my free spirited fun loving father, or it could just be a tendency that I have developed on my path to my own immaturity, whatever the case it is something that I have no desire to change.

Years ago it did concern me somewhat, but I sat myself down, analyzed my life, and I came to the conclusion that I wasn't hurting anyone and that I could live with me being just the way that I am. I like being a little out of control. It is what makes me 'ME'. It makes me content within my life by affording me a reason to continue to exist on this old planet that we call home.

So whenever money dribbles into my hot little hands, I pay a set amount on the things that I must pay, and then a distinct portion is set aside for play. Each and every drip of money that enters my home is divided this way and it allows me my means to do all the things that I love so much to do. And what I really truly love to do is shop! I am a natural born shopper!

My number one love is shopping, not just any kind of shopping mind you, the shopping that I love to do is referred to as 'bargain shopping'. I love to get a good deal for my dollar. I don't have a lot of money and I want to get the most fun that I can out of mine. Now this is probably a good thing because it often takes me a very long time to spend my money. I have to find the right deals! So I scour fliers for sales, I cut out coupons, I clearance shop and I bargain hunt. I love garage sales and I adore thrift stores. Although I can spend hours out shopping I'll come home with an empty basket if I don't stumble upon a good deal. Even when I don't buy anything on my trip I am still perfectly content, because I had money in my pocket to shop with, and I was out shopping!

When there is somewhere out there where I might find a good deal, and I manage to find it, then I am thrilled right down to the very bottom of my tired little tippy toes. It doesn't matter if it is a sixty-five cent tube of toothpaste that I purchase, I'll be happy as a lark when I get back

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