Addictive personalities run in my family. I have luckily so far escaped the big ones: gambling, drugs, smoking, alcohol (I do occasionally enjoy more than my recommended daily allowance but am not at the vodka on cornflakes level yet).
Periodically though I grapple with e- bay addiction- and this past week has seen me falling hopelessly down the rabbit hole into full on, checking ebay throughout the day and before bed mode.
On the bright side I have secured a limited edition album and many, many perfume samples- including some rare Guerlains. On the not so bright side I have opened a kind of Pandaora's box... again. It's so nice to have that little extra excitement of wondering if I am winning this or that at my desk or when I'm writing on my laptop. It becomes the norm to have extra little current of interest and I now face going cold turkey.
Still their should be lots of reviews of all my perfume winnings in the coming weeks.
Maybe if I just have a little look tomorrow morning it wouldn't do any harm...
Go for it - you never know what you might discover! xv
ReplyDeleteyeah I'm not sure who I'm kidding... I am clearly going back on to ebay in about 2 minutes...
ReplyDeleteNew stuff gets listed all the time! It would be rude not to check ;-) I am envious of your ability to check the bay whilst at work. Some very selfish person ran a business from it concurrently whilst at work and when discovered the whole firm was forbidden access. The gems which have got away....donanicola
ReplyDeleteHi Donanicola, yes it's more good than bad having the access. I have just bought something so going cold turkey didn't work at all!
ReplyDeleteOh dear I have addictions too- mainly shopping, books from amazon.com and (of course) perfume.
ReplyDeleteI think the first step is awareness of the addiction... And like you say- hey! At least we're not doing vodka in the cornflakes!
Hi Daily, yes I have a problem with the books from amazon as well! and skinny chai tea lattes...
ReplyDeleteYou're right, if I'm aware it's a problem it's not as much of a problem!
Addiction...Obsession...what else is new? LOL! Ebay can be dangerous though and rather tricky (Can never be sure of what you're getting etc. Long story, anyway...)
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to your impressions on the new things!!
Hope you're well and not too cold :-)
Hi E, I just lost out on some Guerlain Rose Barbare and found myself thinking I should have stayed in to watch my auction! Then thinking it is probably bad when the obsession affects your social life!
ReplyDeleteYes I am always worried about getting burnt- I have heard some bad stories.
Thank- you! I will be writing up my impressions soon. I have a bit of a back log all of a sudden!