With double-digit days left in hiatus, I wonder about the return of my habits relating to purchasing new clothes and accessories. At this point, I’m not even sure whether I had habits per se; they were more like impulses. Still, I wonder whether I can keep them in check and purchase appropriately while still having some fun.
With Halloween behind me and no clothing or accessory purchases made for the holiday, I do feel stronger about differentiating the need to buy from the impulse to buy. There’s more of an internal awareness present. But I know that somewhere lurking behind that awareness awaits some emotional impulse ready to spring. And I’m not sure I’m ready for it.
I mean, how do you arm yourself against the envy of the outfit worn by the girl your guy couldn’t keep his eyes off of? How do you fight off the rage that creeps up after a day or an hour with your mother talking about your sister or the children of her friends and how good they look/are/etc.? How do you quash the fear of not looking corporate enough in your comfortable clogs when in your new department at work, all the women dress to the nines in Manolo Blahnik pumps?
My therapist has one answer, my bartender another.
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