shop till we drop

"If she can’t afford it, she won’t buy it. If it doesn’t fit (or make her feel good, or flaunt what she’s got), she won’t wear it. If she can’t find it, she won’t compromise. If she loves it, she won’t toss it. She reuses it, rethinks it, lets it age.

When a French girl shops, it isn’t a solitary act of buying something new. It’s part of a lifelong process of editing her environment, making small but meaningful additions to her home, her closet, her life.

When you shop like a French girl, you buy only one of anything – and make sure it’s the best quality you can afford."

Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl

It`s sooo difficult for me to compromise while shopping (I mean with prices, desired models, colors)!
Do you have any specialshopping  techniques or rules?

Treat yourself right.

Guess it`s more GIRLS post and its about FOOD and conscious self-indulgement =)

Are you familiar  with this sequence: you get tired/upset/nervous - so you go for smthg sweet or junk food (smthg normally you won`t eat out of health&weight concerns) - you buy and eat it assuming it`ll do you good and at the same time already starting feeling guilty/not pleased with yourself/...? Dubious benefit, hm?
My idea is very simple - treat yourself on REGULAR BASIS (not on"special occasions"), shop for your favourite sweets, snacks (something you "allow" yourself in the state of emergency)  as for any staples so that you have it at home always.
Here the first mechanism work will start operating - your chocolate bars or crisps are no longer something under restrict, so you automatically  don`t crave for it SO much.

And now the essence - make a healthy and beautiful habit of daily treats - look out for the moment when you feel like having something delicious - get out a box of your favorite chocolate (cookies etc) and eat 2 3 4 5... but with the whole pleasure of the moment and awareness of self-induldgement.
Well if you are a fan of raspberry fudge cheesecake which is not to be bought beforehand - just apply the   same idea to the takeaways from the favorite bakery and "a cup of coffee and a slice of cake" habit.

This really worked for me! Hope you get the idea and find it useful.
Love yourself and treat yourself right =)

Sonia,

hot fudge  ice-cream lover