what are you addicted to buying...

[DJFyrewolf36]

Video games...I have SO MANY of them but anytime one that interests me is on sale and I have a couple of bucks, I end up buying it. Mind you, if I actually played just the games on my Steam list (an online game retail service) I'd be stuck in front of my computer 24 hrs a day for the next 3 or 4 years.

This isn't counting all of the games I have on the Xbox or PS2...

I also end up getting a lot of books. There is a Kindle app for Android so I spend a lot of time on the bus reading. The free list for Kindle is actually quite good!

[pomtzu]

Nothing, really - at least not since I retired and could no longer afford addictions! Since I've had my Kindle, I do get a lot of books, but most all are free, or just a few $$ at the most. I loaded around 50 books in just a few weeks, and I've read most of them, tho I slack off reading in the summer months. I'll be back at it soon, and loading lots more books too.

When I was still working, jewelry was my addiction - mostly rings and earrings (and not the cheapy ones either ), followed by handbags. Obviously I don't "need" all that anymore, and I never "needed" them to start anyway - but I was addicted. I still can't go into any store without checking out the jewelry and handbag departments, or admiring what's in the jewelry store windows at the mall. I just don't buy! I wear earrings every day, even if I'm not going anywhere, but not so much the rings, and I wear 2 gold necklaces that I never take off. And all the handbags on my closet shelf - I resort back to the same 3 or 4 favorites, and the rest collect dust.

[Alysser]

This is a weird one, but exercise clothes. This tends to be a problem because I only use a handful despite the fact that I go for a bike ride every morning and STILL don't get around to wearing all of them. I also tend to buy a lot of Iphone cases and dog collars.

[sasvermont]

Yarn, yarn, yarn. I love knitted and sewing. Not many people know that about me, but I knit all the time. I have enough yarn to knit a pair of socks for everyone here. Not that I will, but......

I also love buying kitchen gadgets.

[Randi]

I'm not really addicted to buying anything, but if I had the money I would probably get lots of different body lotions and shampoo. LOL!

Sallyanne, I wish you were closer, you probably know how to crochet as well. I have these potholders? that you begin in one corner. I just don't don't know how to start.

[Glacier]

Dresses...I love dresses. For someone who lives in a climate where they are only wearable for a few months a year, I have a truly ridiculous dress collection.

[Catty1]

sas - maybe for the next holiday gift exchange if the economy recovers enough to have one... me, women's size 10B.

[Suki Wingy]

Tapes for my car. They're only 49 cents at Goodwill and I will regularly walk away with six to ten of them, yet I seem to stick to the same five or so.

[gini]

Although I don't buy much anymore - I have always loved dishes - linens - towels - kitchen items - table cloths and napkins - placemats.

At some point you stop - and realize that you have way too much stuff. Besides I have a lot of linens that I inherited from my family - good linen that needs to be ironed. Ha - haven't used that lately!

[Roxyluvsme13]

Handbags, shoes, stuff for the furbabies.

I just like buying anything in general though honestly

[redbird]

Hand bags or purses, whatever you want to call them.

[pomtzu]

[QUOTE=Randi;2433472
Sallyanne, I wish you were closer, you probably know how to crochet as well. I have these potholders? that you begin in one corner. I just don't don't know how to start.[/QUOTE]



Randi - you could always pick up a small instruction book and teach yourself how to knit and/or crochet. That's how I learned. My mother tried to teach me as a teen, but I was not the least bit interested. Then after I married and wasn't working, and hubby was in the military with weird working hours, I had a lot of time on my hands and decided to learn how. I started with very simple stitches and projects, and progressed from there. Afghans and blankets turned out to be a passion with me, and I made dozens over the years before my hands failed me. People that I worked with even commissioned me to make items for them, and I've also had a few people want me to teach them how. Two of the people were left handed so I couldn't help them any - but there are even instruction books for leftys too. I even figured out the dreaded singular circular knitting needle!
You should look into it - I always found knitting and crocheting to be very relaxing and enjoyable.

[Randi]

Gini, speaking of linens and towels, that is what I always look for when I go to department stores. I like quality, like Egyptian cotton, so I normally buy those when there's a sale. I missed it this year. I inherited quite a few good tablecloths, but only two fits my dinner table. Anyway, what I need is tablecloths for my bedside table.

Pomtzu, it's not that I can't knit or crochet, I have knitted several sweaters and socks etc. over the years, it's just this one thing I can't do.

[pomtzu]

Pomtzu, it's not that I can't knit or crochet, I have knitted several sweaters and socks etc. over the years, it's just this one thing I can't do.

LOL - well obviously you do know how if you can do sweaters! They ranked very low on my list of favorites to make, tho I did do vests and also baby sweaters.

[kuhio98]

Yarn, yarn, yarn. I love knitted and sewing. Not many people know that about me, but I knit all the time. I have enough yarn to knit a pair of socks for everyone here. Not that I will, but......

I also love buying kitchen gadgets.

Yarn, yarn, yarn. But, I seem to go for the big, bulky yarn for sweaters. Which sounds right because I live in Alaska, but since I'm always too hot, I run around the house barefoot and in t-shirts most of the time. I crochet scarves and cowls and end up giving them away because I'm almost never cold.