Do you Think it's a Disease?

Sometimes I wonder if I've got a disease. A good deal shopping disease. It was ingrained into me at a young age. My mother is quite possibly the most frugal woman I know. She rarely eats out, she never buys something unless it's on sale, and she is an avid yard sale shopper. You might think to yourself..."Well what's so bad about those things?" Well, the bad thing is that sometimes I buy things because they're such a good deal, not because I need them, but more I feel I HAVE to have them.

Which brings me to two days ago. There is a store here called DownEast Home. They get out of stock clothing and Pottery Barn furniture, bedding and expensive Nordstrom jeans and stuff. It's like a beautiful shiny heaven to me. If I won the lottery I would go there. So, once or twice a year they have a tent sale. I've never been (truth be told I wouldn't trust myself in there. ) but this sale I thought, "I can handle this." I'll just make a list.

Ha. Really it's laughable. On my list were curtains, for pretty much every room. When we moved into this house there were no blinds, curtains, anything. So, I've been tacking up random pieces of fabric in an attempt to walk around in some sort of privacy. I'd had enough.

I had heard that these sales can get kind of crazy. I realized it was true when I walk in and they hand me a black BIG garbage bag. OK. This must be good I tell myself. I tell Evie, stay under the table and play with your little dog toy because Mommy's going to look. Hey I didn't know if she would get trampled!

Well, an hour later and after many failed attempts of Evie to JUST WALK OUT BECAUSE SHE WAS SO HOT, we left. I was proud of myself. I only spend $33. None of it was curtains though. They didn't have any, BUT they did have super cute monogrammed items. Here is my itemized list.

8 carpet squares 2/$5 - $20

2 Monogrammed Pillow Cases $1 each
1 Full sized Flat sheet $5
1 small decorative pillowcase $3

1 Silver clock $3

The bedding I got is for Alyssa's room/guest room downstairs, so it's not a useless purchase. The useless purchase was the next day when I went back and found these shams for $1. I loved the look of them, but truth be told I have no where to use them (YET). Hey it's better than drinking soda, right? At least it's tangible?! I don't know, this is a long rant. Sorry about that. I guess I'm just wanting to know if other woman have this same issue or is it just me?