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12 Tips for Compulsive Shoppers

If one must shop here are some suggestions that can help keep us "clean and sober" in the face of compulsive buying.

 

1. Shop from a list rather than off the top of your head.

2. Spend some time beforehand getting to know pricing for items you need and want.

3. Have your list in 2 parts clearly labeled NEEDS, WANTS.

4. Never leave home without a calculator.

5. Use coupons.

6. Shop with cash until you can pay off credit cards each month.

7. Hide your charge cards. Leave them home except when on trips and it is risky carrying cash. Use the kind of card that requires payment each month.

8. Give yourself an allowance.

9. Don't buy on impulse.

10. Take a friend along.

11. Assess your wardrobe. Know what you really need and can use.

12. Walk on by. Pick a store that has something you would kill for and walk on by.

 

Get in touch with the feelings of CHOICE-MAKING that brings in contrast to the compulsion feelings of the past.

 

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