Buy yourself the motivation

 (Thank you, MCR, for an appropriate lyric.)

Other than the ancestry.com DNA test and two refill eyeshadows, I didn't buy anything on Black Friday/Cyber Monday/whatever the retail frenzy hellscape does that weekend.

HOWEVER. Uggggh, I want the dopamine hit of buying a shiny object. I want a new dress or jacket. (I do not need a new dress or jacket.) I want more jewelry. (I don't really need more jewelry.) I want the time and energy to go do something fun and give me a reason to dress up in real clothes (not layers of leggings and tunics and shawls), wear a fancy hat, pile on the jewelry.

I keep opening tabs, adding things to my cart, and then closing those tabs. This counts as a victory, right?

(I will probably eventually buy this dress or this dress from Recollections, but not for a while.)

I WANT A SHINY THING. I DON'T NEED A SHINY THING. I AM GOING TO SULK.