Day 3

I have been duly warned, my upcoming trip to ATL will have a trip to an outlet mall. That will be an accomplishment which I am pretty sure most of you couldn't come up against. It's like Lindsay Lohan going to a club and not drinking a lick of alchy! Oh c'mon, you say...it's not THAT hard. Chew on this: insanely cheap (insert item of desire), that is oh so perfect for you AND will match everything currently in your closet AND you know you will never find it in Toronto AND (here's the kicker)...it's 70% off!?

Ek*

My plan of defense is to play with the yet unborn "K" the whole time and shove all my favorite foods into my mouth so my seratonin levels are high. BTW, Gifts don't count...I can get stuff for the baby! ;)

So I did a bit of research on what an "addiction" is clinically defined as. Wiki says:

A positive addiction is a beneficial habit--where the benefits outweigh the costs. A negative addiction is a detrimental habit--where the benefits are not worth the costs. A neutral addiction is a habit in which it is not clear if the organism (or species) benefits from the activity.

At this point, I think my shopping habit as I like to refer to it, is mostly...?

I'm not exactly suffering from debt issues, but at the same time, it's not exactly helping build my funds either. Hence, let's go for NEUTRAL! Neutral Addiction* that has a nice ring to it.

Further reading on addiction makes me a bit nervous. I see where this is leading..."FP is not only dependent and compulsive when it comes to shopping, but also with eating and food, writing things down in her agenda..." (you get my drift). Really now, I am making myself sound crazy or something.

On a different note: watched Carmen (opera) last night...THE BEST I've seen to date! Seriously.