OK I hate to shop. It's just that simple. I hate it. I don't know if it's because I'm cheap or because I'm lazy or because I'm usually broke but I just hate to shop. But I've finally realized that my complete hatred of shopping is probably causing me as many problems in my life as compulsive
While the most obvious result of my compulsive nopping is the borderline criminal amount of money wasted on pizza and fast food - not to mention the completely unhealthy nature of the food and my ever-expanding buttock. In fact, I recently asked my assistant (for the first and last time) to sort some receipts for me and she blurted out "OMG how many times a day do you guys eat?" Part of me wants to erase this entire paragraph but I'm forcing myself to press on.
Another ongoing issues caused by my compulsive nopping is the mount of money I end up spending on pantyhose! Yes that's right. Pantyhose become a very next costly item as a result of nopping. And not because of the actual price of the pantyhose but because of the bribes I have to offer people when I am rushing to get somewhere and me wearing pantyhose is absolutely essential. Examples you want? Once, back when I worked in PR and I used to take car service into NYC very early in the morning, I needed pantyhose and of course I had put off shopping for them the night before. Well I asked the driver to stop at CVS and he obligingly did so. Only to later charge me $15 for that favor.
Another time my daughter had to run and pick up pantyhose for me when we were in Mobile, AL producing a segment - that cost me a $20 webcam (she's an excellent negotiator) and finally most recently my sister went to pick up pantyhose for me and while there was a financial bribe involved the biggest cost was the fact that she got me "A" size instead of "Q" size causing me great discomfort and VPL for most of the day.
At this very moment I finally understand why people don't want to go into rehab. I am not yet ready to give up my compulsive nopping however, I am almost ready to admit that I have a problem.