Shopping as a coping mechanism

I had discussed previously how caffeine used to be my coping mechanism to stress.  Luckily, I've matured and moved on to much healthier ways of dealing with my stress, like online shopping.  In the same vein as how Yelp or Urban Spoon classify restaurants, you can tell what type of day I'm having by the dollar signs that coincide with the particular day. 

For example, if I'm a single dollar sign, that means I'm having a "good to middling" type of day.  People haven't pissed me off too badly yet and I think I can get through with just a $3 used book purchase from Amazon.com.  The day I hit the $$$$, I may be blogging about my new horse.  Below is a table outlining the range of my mood and the spending associated with each level in order to make me feel better. 


Today was a "fair" day - the morning was a bit more terrible than usual - but I was in luck as shopbop.com just added marked down sale items to its website.  I escaped almost unscathed with this Riller & Fount dress that I've been stalking for around four months now.  I'm wondering now if this phenomenon of buying random stuff when I'm pissed is unique to me or if this is a trait I share with others.

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  1. I think shopping as a coping mechanism is pretty common, but correlated that closely to dollar signs? that might be unique to you!

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  2. haha :) my mom is this way...but I don't mind b/c I usually end up with stuff she doesn't want to return :)

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  3. I just stumbled across your blog, and I love it! I'll be following. :)

    That being said, if I'm stressed my inner "shop-a-holic comes out as well. I've learned to cut up credit cards. Problems are webistes like Macys that save your account number for quick & easy check out. Fail...

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  4. I was at a phase when I crazily shop at the private sales website and happily receive random items weeks later that I "forgot" I have bought. LOL.

    Fun while I had the money.

    But I haven't been shopping in a while as I am trying to save up for my next venture.

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  5. I share that with you.. that makes me feel less angry and sometimes that I finally got what I deserved! excuses to buy oh oh!

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