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The surreptitious glances over your shoulder as you make your move.
The glance askance, stepping quietly up your contact. Your dealer.
The guilty twinge as you hand over money you really shouldn’t be spending for that forbidden thing that brings you a few minutes of relief.
You know what I’m talking about.
You’ve done it.
Comfort shopping.
Don’t deny it: you feel like crap, it’s been a bad day, and you want to feel better. Junk food is nice, but there’s nothing better than splurging on a bag full of new books, cd, games, whatever. It soothes the soul.
But you have to buy. In this scenario, going/looking/exerting self-control only makes the whole thing worse. Buying is part of the healing process.
For me, it can be as simple as going to KFC and getting a sandwich instead of making something at the house for lunch. Sure, the food is a comfort too, but splurging on the purchase gives me that small sense of defiant decadence that I need to cheer up.
What was your last comfort buy?
Falling Down
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12:21 PM, 04.25.02
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Comments
Last comfort buys.
Another G4 Titanium laptop.
A Dragon-Models 1/6th scale Delta Force Operator Action Figure.
The Complete Frank Sinatra Columbia Years 16 CD set.
Coming up this weekend, Recaro seats for my Silverado pickup, with inflating lumbar support.
posted by Clovis, April 25, 2002 01:54 PM
Oh, and I forgot.
Desert Eagle Jericho, 9mm pistol.
The side-arm of the IDF. If it's good enough to kill a terrorist with, it's good enough for me.
posted by Clovis, April 25, 2002 03:11 PM
Every time I hit the comic shop on my quarterly pilgrimage....
posted by jenn, April 25, 2002 03:15 PM
I can't say out loud what I spent it on.
posted by secret asIAN man, April 25, 2002 03:27 PM
My last one was The Sword and Fist (D&D), Alien Anthology (Star Wars), and The Starship Guide (Star Wars). All at once. Hey they were 50% off at Game Keeper. Bite me.
posted by Brian Peace, April 25, 2002 03:40 PM
Games. Computer games. Usually purchased at a CompUSA while on a business trip, leading to long, long nights staying up in the hotel, shooting things.
Aaaaahhhhh ....
posted by *** Dave, April 25, 2002 04:08 PM
Diplomatic Immunity, by Bujold.
posted by Randy, April 25, 2002 04:17 PM
The Padme action figure is hot. That is all.
posted by Rey, April 25, 2002 07:38 PM
Heh. Bought lots of Star Wars stuff last night. heh
posted by Lori, April 26, 2002 07:08 AM
I heard Diplomatic Immunity was out. It's been in my Amazon cart for about a month, but never purchased.
I spent $100 yesterday to get the free shippping. $20 was DI, $60 was the FFX soundtrack. The rest were filler romance novels.
But comfort buys? Does Virtua Fighter 4 for the PS2 count?
posted by Julia, April 26, 2002 07:17 AM
a very comfy, pretty hip, not so sexy pair of shoes, I validated it by saying I was already writing a check for shoes for Malik and they were on sale.
posted by Bonnie, April 26, 2002 10:44 AM
New Call of Cthulhu book that I've been wanting and a DM screen... OH, and Masters of the Wild...
posted by Ms Roy, April 26, 2002 10:44 AM
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