What can you just not resist spending money on even though you don't need it ...

@Stiletto (4579)
February 3, 2007 7:28am CST
.. for me it's boots. I just love them, can't walk past a cool pair of boots without buying them whether I can afford them or not. At the last count I had 72 pairs. Ridiculous! What's your spending weakness?
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• United States
8 Feb 07
for me it's also shoes. i love shoes. i found some in an add and now i have to have all 5 pair. they are canvas shoes. so cute with cute designs. one has penguins on them, one has a plaid design, one has a nice little red flower, one has skulls and i forgot what the other one has. lol. i have like 30 pairs of shoes. i still got a ways to go to get to 72 pairs. lol. i think that's my only weakness as of right now.
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@Stiletto (4579)
8 Feb 07
I've done that before - when you just can't choose between 2 colours/designs so you get both! Thanks for your response.
@chocobaby (677)
• Philippines
6 Feb 07
for me its perfumes and colognes. i love wearing perfumes and i always like looking for new scents. i have lots of them here. some old ones i have already given to friends because they are just drying up here. when i am in the mall with friends or relatives and they happen to lost me in there and i happen not to bring my phone with me, chances are they can find me in one of the perfume shops around.
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@Stiletto (4579)
6 Feb 07
Yes, the trouble with perfume is it doesn't keep well once it's opened. Thanks for your response chocobaby
@patgalca (18370)
• Orangeville, Ontario
19 Aug 07
Anybody who knows me knows my answer well enough. It's books. I am such a book nut that when I go to the mall and I see there is a sidewalk sale outside the book store, I will avoid going down to that end of the mall. I just won't go there at all. If I pass a used book store I feel an invisible fishing line pulling at me to come in. And the library, well! Not only do I love taking books out at the library, but we have our writing group meetings in the basement of the library where there are shelves of castoff books for sale. Dangerous territory for me. I also am a softy for jammies and if my daughter makes me take her into her favourite clothing store, Urban Planet, we will not leave there without me buying something for myself. I love the way those clothes make me look with my new weight loss. I dress a lot nicer now.
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@Stiletto (4579)
19 Aug 07
Well done on losing weight. It's a great feeling when you lose weight and can buy clothes you wouldn't have worn before. I love books as well but I buy mostly used books now so it's not too expensive. Although I have a ton of them still to read!
19 Aug 07
72 pairs wow, Imelda Marcos eat your heart out!! For me it used to be records when I was younger, then DVD,s to the point of obsessiveness. Now its ebay mania for me. I have become addicted to buying Per Una shirts and within a few weeks I had bought about 15. They are so expensive in the shops I saw the bargins and went a little crazy. I'm still an amateur compared to you Stiletto!!LOL
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@Stiletto (4579)
19 Aug 07
It's funny you should mention per una stuff and ebay. I went through a phase of buying per una skirts and bought loads of them on ebay - I don't know how many I had in total but I still have about a dozen and I've given quite a few of them away. Maybe I just have one of those shopping disorders lol!
• Italy
4 Feb 07
Oh I love shoes and bags but especially things like sleepwear, bras and panties! I'm just addicted!
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@Stiletto (4579)
5 Feb 07
With the exception of sleepwear I love buying those things too. Actually I just love spending money - whether I have it or not! Thanks for your response velinamora
• Italy
5 Feb 07
Anytime....
• Australia
5 Feb 07
For me its cars. I have purchased 5 new cars in the last 3 years. Not the smartest move I know, but boy, did I have a lot of fun in all of them. Needless to say, I have learnt my lesson and my latest vehicle has lasted the last 10months..
• United States
3 Feb 07
Books. I love spending a lazy afternoon just going through the shelves of a bookstore, and I always end up buying something.
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@Stiletto (4579)
4 Feb 07
I spend a lot of money on books too - I have almost a full bookcase of books I haven't read yet. I will get round to reading them someday though so I don't feel bad about spending money on them. So many books - so little time!
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• United States
4 Feb 07
I only have 3 pairs of boots (cowboy boots, of course). Here's a question from the application: If you are chosen as Queen, will you spend the entire Empire's budget on boots? Although I must add that black leather boots are the King's favorite :)
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@Stiletto (4579)
4 Feb 07
Well, as a sizeable portion of my current budget is spent on boots I anticipate that would be a continuing trend. However, the Kings preference for black leather (as with all the Kings wishes of course) would be accommodated.
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@gaganlok (587)
• India
6 Feb 07
Junk food, clothes and Buying games( which i quit, when i got Broadband connection).
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@Stiletto (4579)
6 Feb 07
I guess Broadband will actually be saving you some money then. Thanks for your response gaganlok
@kpbhuvana (392)
• India
9 Feb 07
shopping on the whole is considered to be my weakness. Butthe count of pairs is really stunning , you have that much craze about boots.
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@Stiletto (4579)
9 Feb 07
Oh yes - I have 3 cupboards full of them and still buying. I do wear most of them though (although a lot of them have only been worn once or twice because they hurt my feet!).
@Lecaro (1100)
• Romania
4 Feb 07
jeans - i love jeans
i just love to buy jeans... i think i have 10 pairs... but if i see one that i like it very much i can't resist without buying it! and if i don;t have money i make all what i can to have it!
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@Stiletto (4579)
4 Feb 07
That's what I'm like with boots. If I see a pair I want I just have to have them! Thanks for your response Lecaro.
• United States
8 Feb 07
My spending weakness is books. I LOVE books. I finally had to just stop cold-turkey and start going to the library! I could easily run myself into debt if I didn't!
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@Stiletto (4579)
8 Feb 07
I'm a real hoarder with books and have lots that I haven't read yet (but I still keep buying them!). Thanks for your response.
@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
10 Feb 07
I love clothes!!! Sometimes when I go to the mall I would tell myself that I won't buy anything but at the end of the day I'm surely have some clothes bought.
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@Stiletto (4579)
10 Feb 07
Well you can never have too many clothes I say! Thanks for your response brew2x
@cmsk2005 (1770)
• United States
21 Aug 07
For me it is clothes and hand bags. Ilove them and i buy them often it does nt matter whether i need them or not, specially when i see good reduction or sale for real fashionable lothes and hand bags i just run for them. I really spend a lot on them
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
18 Aug 07
I am guilty of this, when it comes to ties and shirts, if I see one that I like I will get it even if I already have enough and I usualy do.
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@Stiletto (4579)
19 Aug 07
That's exactly how I am with boots. I've accumulated even more pairs since I started this post but I haven't counted them lately. It's almost like a compulsion - I just can't resist them!