Day 13 - OMG, that is SOOOO COOL!!

Hello, everyone, and thank you again for reading!  I really appreciate it!

Today, I proudly spend nothing.  Not one penny!   So far, and almost 2 weeks in, I only had that one bad incident, and since then I feel I have recovered quite nicely.  The secret is apparently, reducing or eliminating temptation.  Now, I cannot live under a rock for the rest of my life, so I am going to have to develop some coping skills, which I am working on.  But I also sorta kinda have to continue to reduce or eliminate temptation.

I saw something super cool today, and I really felt the need to buy it... What it is doesn't really matter, it could have been anything from the Microsoft Surface, to that amazing anti-aging serum, to that super cool table keyboard that I didn't even know existed, to those Uggs that you can actually have customized... Sooo cool!!  Did you know that you could do that?  Because I had no idea!  Also, recent cool observations and wants include a friends newly published book of poems - soooo cool, the amazing lux bamboo sheets and comforter set that keeps you cool at night, anything from the 2014 Holiday collection of wrap dresses by Diane von Furstenberg (literally anything), and the Swarovski crystal covered Etch-a-Sketch... Ah, so many cool things!!  

Which leads me to this question - what is up with the "cool" factor?  When something is cool, it is almost irresistible!  I want it.  No, I have to have it!  The cool smartphone that I carry, it was just the coolest!   Cool, yes, once I feel myself saying "OMG, that is sooo cool!", the purchase is nearly inevitable.  That buzz of electricity when you see it, and you just know it's the next thing you must have.

So when I saw the cool thing today, it was on a shopping channel.  And I watched the full hour demonstration of it, all the while thinking how silly I was for spending time watching the full demo on the shopping channel... At some point, I then picked up my cool smartphone, and went to the website of this shopping channel - just to read the reviews, or so I told myself.  Then, I magically ended up in front of my laptop, so I could read more reviews, see pictures better, and do some more analysis.  And then, somehow, this deal, which was on EZ Pay, btw, for this super cool thing, was too strong for me.  And I hit it, the dreaded "Add to cart" button.   The very good news is that I woke up from the hypnotic stupor, and shut down the web site... No purchase was made.  

Still though, those feelings linger.... dang, that was cool.... Oh well, no cool items purchased today... Does that make me woefully uncool?  

Thanks for reading, everyone, and have a great night!!  xo (PS, keep reading... between some new movies coming out, and holidays coming up, I think we can all expect to see some juicy rationalizations here over the next week or so.... )