manic shopaholic

   
Three pretty pics, but I only bought the first two. :) :(

Subject header says it all, but doesn't quite capture the thrill or the shadings of guilt. It wasn't that much money to purchase the two new brooches (Images 1 and 2).  I dropped a hundred dollars and something, not a thousand, but I still didn't really need to spend it on more sparklies! The chatelaine brooch is the first of that kind of piece I've gotten; can't wait to wear it with my sweaters. The Weiss ice and blue piece was just too dear to pass by, again its unique and I don't have anything quite like it in my collection.  Still, neither are the Schairapelli parure pieces (image #3) I've seen and coveted with much drooling recently.  Like the better D&E Juliana pieces, that one is way out of my price range. Bills are paid; I still have enough for holiday gifting. Yeah, I'm trying to rationalize and make excuses for being the greedy girl I am.

What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder? When is it mere indulgence and when is it manic acquisition? I believe I've asked those things before.

I know I spend too much money as opposed to saving it. I am a material girl. I like things. Between jewerly, art supplies and doll patterns, I have been on a bit of a spending binge recently.  In truth, I've probably got as much of a problem with things as B does. (Mine maybe with aquiring things, his with an inability to let go of them) Am I a hoarder too or just a clutterbug who won't stop shopping? I figure the art supllies are investments, as I need them to create and being creative is being authentic to myself and in a positive way. I could say the sparklies are part of my personality too, but maybe that personality is just a magpie.

goal for self: no more self shopping til 2017.