How do you control impulsive shopping?

Make a shopping list. And get the money you only might need.

It is your money, but impulse shopping isn't good for you. You could end up wasting a lot of money and/or missing really great deals by just buying the first thing you buy. One way for me to curb it is to do research on the thing I want. This helps me to decide which model to get and where to get it from.

I've gotten really good at knowing whats in my bank account and knowing what bills are coming up that I have to pay for before I spend any large amount of money, or heck, even any small amount of impulse purchases. Sometimes though, I do break but usually it's something that I had planned on buying or knew that I had to buy before hand and I just decided that it would be an OK time to go ahead and buy it. The easiest way to stop buying those items that you hadn't intended on is to leave the money, the debit/credit cards and checkbooks at home. If you don't have money you can't spend it. Also, of course if you avoid going out anyway, that'll help a lot as well.

i am also too impulsive when it comes to shopping ., when i go to the malls or in a boutique and got to see clothes and shoes that i really want ., i always make sure that i get those ., LOL! im trying to avoid it though its really hard ., so for me not to see those i just stayed at home and watch dvds.,

The women and the girls do alike you.For me in the past i did alike you but in the present i will not buy something which not need.Someday if you many buy until boring you will stop this habit alike me now.May be i am old.

The best way to avoid impulsive buying, when you find something you really like to buy in the mall, they say that you have to sleep on it and after you wake up and you realize you still want the item, then you can buy it but for me most of the time, the urge to buy fades upon waking up so I get to save money rather than buying the item on the spot.