Shopping with Limited Budget
@statickery560 (275)
Philippines
November 20, 2007 11:28pm CST
Have you ever experience going to shopping mall with limited available budget? It happened to me once. I was hopping around inside that mall ilove to shop. Suddenly, a good digital camera caught my attention and that was really very captivating to my senses. 'I must have that camera' i said to myself. So when i was to get my money to buy the gadget, i was shocked to find out that i was run out of money. My credit card was in bad shape so i cannot use it that time. So what i did, i went home to get my money. When i came back , to my dismay, the camera was sold. The worst part was it was the last stock. Oh, as if my heart fell into the ground. I cannot sleep that night. I felt devastated. As i was eating my snacks, i said to myself, that's a lesson to learn'. You must have your enough cash whenever you decide to buy things especially if the things you are to buy is your favorite things. Cheers!
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
26 Nov 07
that happens to me sometimes. i would go to a mall and i would see an item which i like so much but to my dismay, my budget wouldn't approve of buying it. ^__^;; i just experienced this i think 3 weeks ago. or was that two weeks.. ^__^;; my friend and i went to a mall to see a movie and on our way there, we stopped at a clothing store and i saw a really cute blouse which i know would perfectly fit on me and would look good on me but to my great disappointment i didn't have the enough money for it. T.T i swore to myself that i will go back there and buy it, or if its already gone i can buy a different one, but until now, i haven't gone back there. LOL
@statickery560 (275)
• Philippines
26 Nov 07
Thanks secretbear. I hope this would not happen to us again. CHeers!
@anjalisk2005 (1492)
• India
22 Nov 07
i always go with something in mind when i shop so there are very few occasion why i don't buy what i want.i am a planned shoppers.i used to be impulsive but now that i have to manage a family i am planned!
@statickery560 (275)
• Philippines
22 Nov 07
Yeah, that's right. Everything must be planned because sometimes you go beyond you demarcation line and it turned out to be so sad. Thanks for sharing
@statickery560 (275)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
Thanks, cher913. Yeah, but sometimes i regret buying things not that so important. So sometime its better going on shopping in limited budget, so you limit your buys. Thanks
@garnet80 (349)
• Australia
22 Nov 07
I always shop with a limited budget. I am on sole parenting income with an ex husband who hardly pays his child support on time.
I love window shopping and have noticed that you always find something you want when you do not have the money and when you do have the money you can hardly ever find what you want.
@statickery560 (275)
• Philippines
22 Nov 07
Yeah, that's right! Thanks garnet80 for your response. more power!
@angel1118 (21)
• China
22 Nov 07
I am sorry to hear that,It is hard to say the feeling of losing most loved thing.
@momincharge (94)
• United States
21 Nov 07
I am always on a somewhat limited budget. Even when I have money I try not to purchase impulsive items like that. I go shopping with a very specific list and only purchase items on the list. Occassionally I do splurge but it is on very low cost items. I have learned over the years that I really don't need "stuff" to be happy. I'm of the opinion that if I was meant to have something I will get it. If your situation had happened to me I would have believed that I was not meant to have that camera and would not be feeling bad. If you really want a camera like that keep looking around, another will turn up.
@statickery560 (275)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
Thanks momincharge. You're right! I should've not felt bad about the incident. But actually, later i realized i must know how to reset time for the next day. I should have realized that there are still another chances. Best regards and more power.
@bong_domingo (878)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
if that happened to me, i would asked the store manager to have it reserved for me and that i will just come back (as in really fast) get some money :-) if i won't be back in less than 30 mins then he's free to sell the digicam :-)
@statickery560 (275)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
Yeah. I was so depressed that time i never realized i have so many reasons to be calm and look for another. But that was very disappointing to me. Anyway, thanks a lot bong_domingo for being there to respond. Cheers!
