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Post by puppybox on Apr 20, 2014 1:18:15 GMT -5
Yesterday I went back to Nordstrom Rack for more of those nice little socks. The week before I had seen a pair of white Coach mocs that I loved, but not available in my size. Yesterday, a new shipment must have arrived because they had several sizes, including mine... a perfect fit! I thought about it overnight, then went back today and bought the mocs. But while I was there I started thinking hmmm... maybe I should get a new pair of white pants to wear with them. Started looking around through several racks... and... you know that sound? the scrape scrape scrape as you slide garment hangers around on the rack?... I started feeling anxiety building with every scrape. Plus I was wedged in between several overloaded racks in the corner, and claustrophobia began to build. It really scared me! I was afraid of having a panic attack. I managed to pull my hand back from the rack and get to the cashier and out the door in the fresh air. Whew! For years I used to shop endlessly to *relieve* anxiety. It's so weird that now shopping itself can become a source of stress. I don't want to ever go back to the way I used to shop idly just to kill time, or to search for hours in store after store for some elusive item. But as for the white mocs... now that I have them home I do really love them and I'm very pleased with my purchase. Plus I learned a little lesson about my personal limits. that is an amazing story! I hope your brain keeps giving you such positive "crazy". that's what anxiety is supposed to be for, to warn us of bad consequences. you're rewired yourself to work right! amazing!
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Post by puppybox on Apr 20, 2014 1:19:46 GMT -5
I brought another free thing in the other day. and agonised over being to tired to get other things from people's moving piles. such good things. I wanted. boo. for the best I guess.
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Post by Di on Apr 21, 2014 18:09:38 GMT -5
Today I went to Good Will and I purchased a bicycle for myself. I may end up reselling it if I don't use it but I have had the idea that I wanted a bicycle for exercise. The fact that is was an incredible buy was a deciding factor. It was in excellent condition. It's a Specialized Bike with an original price of $500+ and the thrift store had it marked to $30. It had a very nice baby seat on the back, but I asked them if they wanted to remove that and sell it to someone else. So they took it off. I have no use for a baby seat... Maybe a basket for the Terrorist Terrier but it would need a lid on it like Mrs. Gulch had in the Wizard of Oz.
I also purchased 3 pretty white shelves for my bathroom for $11. I was looking at them new and almost bought them last week but they were over $35.00. My bathroom has NO storage and I need the shelves. I would like to keep the extra wash cloths in a basket on a shelf and keep the hand towels there as well. My vanity barely has room for towels. If it wasn't for the shoe organizer on the back of the door there would be bottles sitting everywhere.
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Post by lucie on Apr 28, 2014 5:59:13 GMT -5
I acquired 4 mugs - the kind my family had cracked twice before. The packet arrived on Friday and I hope they will survive next visitors
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Post by papermoon on Apr 28, 2014 18:31:35 GMT -5
For years I used to shop endlessly to *relieve* anxiety. It's so weird that now shopping itself can become a source of stress. that is an amazing story! I hope your brain keeps giving you such positive "crazy". that's what anxiety is supposed to be for, to warn us of bad consequences. you're rewired yourself to work right! amazing! puppybox, thank you SO MUCH for pointing this out! All this time I had been thinking of my shopping anxiety as a horrible negative thing, but now I will try to start viewing it as a positive warning... a red flag that I'm getting in over my head. As long as I do my shopping in small measured doses, I'm fine. Sometimes when I get in too deep and the panicky feeling begins, I actually have to say to myself: "Leave the building now, just look down at the floor and get to the exit immediately." It really works to look down at the floor until I'm out the door, as I've reached a saturation point and can't cope with any more visual stimuli, or music, or perfume department odors. Is there anybody else here who can't go into Goodwill or other thrift stores without having an adverse reaction? GW is completely beyond me, it's so terrifying, all that stuff, OMG. And the smell in there makes me horribly queasy. I absolutely cannot handle it. When I donate to GW, I never go to the drop-off inside, I go around to the driveway drop-off instead. Then I scurry away as fast as I can.
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Post by Di on Apr 28, 2014 20:54:26 GMT -5
papermoon, It depends on the Good Will Store. The ones here are in nice shopping centers, they don't have bad smells, the floors are kept clean and clothing only stays for 6 weeks and then it is pulled. The bathrooms are clean and if anything the stores smell like vinegar. I have a low ick tolerance if the stores smelled,I couldn't shop there. They don't put out clothing that smells of animals, etc. If they open a bag or box that stinks, they just discard the whole thing.
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Post by sue5000 on Apr 28, 2014 22:28:38 GMT -5
For 3 years I haven't been buying anything except food and stuff like toothpaste and TP. I just don't look at the ads or go to the stores. Well, a couple of weeks ago, I broke down and bought myself a new pair of sneakers cus mine were over 3 years old and my feet have been hurting. They were on sale and are sooooo comfy! And last week I stopped at a yard sale- against my better judgment. I found the prettiest set of plates! Everything left was 1/2 price, so I got them for only $3!! As soon as I got home, my old plates went out to my garage sale box.
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Post by irisbloom on Apr 28, 2014 22:49:00 GMT -5
I bought another book. Susanne K. Langer's Problems of Art.
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Post by creativechaos on Apr 28, 2014 23:58:38 GMT -5
oh people; such great posts since i last stopped by to read this thread. thank you for keeping it up and sharing your thoughts and processes. i can relate to so much of what you all say about shopping, what you used(d) it for, "killing time" with it (for me, an avoidance tactic for something unpleasant i need to do like taxes or inspection clean up, or lack confidence in doing - like art or poetry.). and i loved your story of feeling anxious in the store with the scrape scrape of the hangers on the racks! oh how i wish! actually, i DO feel anxiety now when i'm shopping or garage saling but i have not listened to the warnings. irisbloom, i can so relate to yours, and angela's threads about buying stuff to make us feel like the artists we want to be.... i have two storage units of that...and a full apartment. congratulations on all of your happy acquisitions and on getting stuff out that the new stuff will replace. good job everyone! i went to the annual garage sale at the senior center - and another smaller sale - and spent almost a hundred bucks, all told. i got - surprise - more fabric...most of it scraps for quilting. i can't even store what i have. sigh. better get busy. i got a wonderful red wool felted purse with flowers and leaves on it - quite beautiful - which i am using to put my rolls of fusible (which i don't yet know how to use - but at least i know where it is!) happy with that purchase. i bought more music CDs - a big compulsion since i adore music. i also got from the small sale, which was a plant sale, a $10 blueberry bush, which now has a home in the garden. that was my one very practical purchases and i'm very happy with it. irisbloom, i'd love to hear what you think of the Problems of Art book. angela - re inspection: it's still hopeless here. my only hope is that since we got no written notice it means they are not entering anyone's apartments because legally, we need at least 8 hrs written notice. fingers crossed... puppybox, i'm off to visit your non buying thread.
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Post by angela on Apr 29, 2014 12:35:24 GMT -5
This last week I bought more bead cones, in a gold color this time. Also more magnet clasps for the necklace ends. And two more yarn bundles to use.
Regular purchases of hay, chicken food, parakeet food, cat food.
Also bought 4 little chicks in fancy breeds from the feed store. My tiny little Old English hen is mothering them.
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Post by irisbloom on Apr 29, 2014 16:31:05 GMT -5
irisbloom, i'd love to hear what you think of the Problems of Art book. Gladly! I'll be diving into it this weekend. My instructor/adviser gave me some advice recently and related it back to the philosophy discussed in the book so I had to find a copy immediately. Now that I'm back on the appropriate meds for my ADHD I can hopefully concentrate well on it and take good notes. I keep meaning to keep reading response journals and never do. This would be a good time to start. I was given some brown fountain pen ink today. I'm not sure what to do with it as all my pens have their own color coded to the pen bottle of ink. Now I'm tempted to locate a brown fountain pen. But I'll behave. My birthday is in less than a month and a half so maybe I can allow myself one then.
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Post by lucie on Apr 30, 2014 12:49:32 GMT -5
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Post by sue5000 on Apr 30, 2014 13:54:50 GMT -5
" ...4 little chicks in fancy breeds from the feed store. My tiny little Old English hen is mothering them." CUTE! Got any pictures of them, angela ?
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Post by sue5000 on Apr 30, 2014 13:57:24 GMT -5
lucie !!! Wish I could do that!!
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Post by lucie on May 1, 2014 4:45:42 GMT -5
lucie !!! Wish I could do that!! Well, I was afraid to do it myself too and I was really nervously shaking, but my internet provider gave me a pretty foolproof manual, so it was not so bad after all. At least it seems to be working
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