It's Aly here (alyheartsyou). Since I have a blogger profile I don't think it'll let me post as anything but GlossMenagerieDotCom haha...oh well. Just know that it's me. ;)
I haul when I'm bored. Which unfortunately is all the time since I have a really. boring. job. Hauling gives me something to do, and when it's online, something to look forward to being delivered.
Any tips for kicking that habit?
Oh, and I confess...I bought something today. But it was a usb cable for my camera lol...I can make YT videos with it woohoo.
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oh no! Are you joining the dark side of YOUTUBE?
ReplyDeleteplease lemme know when you do. HAHAHA
Hi Aly! <3 your blog. =)
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I used to have the same problem (Etsy was KILLER for me hahaha...) and I dunno. I started deleting my saved CC info from all the sites I shop at so I'd have to physically take out my credit card and type in the numbers so that would force me to evaluate my spending before hitting submit. Also, I guess once I realized that I was mostly buying stuff just so I could receive mail, that took a whole lot out of my will to buy things. Since I do still love getting mail, I tried to start swapping more, sending out RAOKs to blogger friends more, and getting back into writing letters to old friends like I used to. It's helped some. I also flat out decided to buy local as much as humanly possible since those shipping trucks do cause a lot of pollution that can easily be avoided (esp since I don't have a car and therefore bus/walk everywhere) and I think that's actually helped the most hahaha. So, some food for thought I guess. HTH =)
I can't wait to see one of your youtube vids! :D
ReplyDeleteAs for the hauling, we all haul for different reasons but the first step is recognizing you have a problem :D
What I've been doing is building up a list of anything and everything I like on sephora.com usually or NARS or whatever your weakness is. Then I try to cut it down to something reasonable, about $50 or less. Okay, I'm getting to the part where you don't spend the money lol. THEN I move it all to a wishlist, either for that site or for MUA & simply delete it from the cart. I'm not sure if it will work for you, but it really helps me! I simply have to give in to the temptation & by putting it in an online cart and moving it to a w/l or wherever, enough time has gone by that I don't need to purchase that second. I also think about how many similar to that product I have, how that's x amount of dollars more than what I have, and so on. If you don't trust yourself that much, maybe block the websites?
ReplyDeleteWOW these are great ideas. I can totally see how moving your items to a list and then going back say a wk or 2wks later ~ if you still NEED it then go for it.
ReplyDeleteBut I bet lots of it is from the hype of MUA. Like I ordered all the NYX loose e/s because I couldnt afford MAC pigments. BUT I used them 3x and then gave them all away to my BF's daughter.
I always caught onto the MMU e/s urges too ~ but ended up giving them all away as extras in swaps. Never even tried them because I dont like mmu e/s. LOL
My ideal situation is to have one 15 palette for each color family (5 lights colors, 5 medium, 5 dark ~ one matte for each):
1. highlights/peaches/golds
2. neutrals
3. blues
4. greens
5. pinks/red
6. purples
Havent decided if the Grays & Blks need their own home yet. They now live with the blues. LOL
SO as I delete one e/s from a palette then I can add a new one.
How random, I keep my blues with my greys and blacks too.
ReplyDeleteHehe I totally empathize with the MUA hype. I am refusing to stumble to the NYX craze :P
ReplyDeleteNothing against DS stuff but I ended up getting alot of DS stuff after joining MUA & frankly most of them are meh on me :( Or maybe like.....but no loves there yet. :(