Easy money

Saturday, March 01, 2008

A girlfriend of mine is an aggressive shopper. All the years I've known her, she shops every weekend without fail. Whether it's to buy a few bags of new clothes and shoes, or just a small mug. I've never been to her house, but I'm guessing she must have a big wardrobe and shoe rack...for that matter, maybe she has a big house to store all her goodies!

Recently, times are not so great for her. With many companies downsizing, she is quite lucky not to be given the letter. However, her company did a paycut and she suffered quite a bit "loss". She was devastated as she felt that it would affect her shopping habits. Try as she may, she found it hard to not shop or even to shop less. I started to believe that what she has is more of a sickness than anything else.

But she continued to shop despite her paycut and I wondered how she managed it. After much digging, she finally gave it up and told me. She went for a payday loan to support her shopping binges. Because it is so easy to apply and get the extra money in her hands, there was really nothing to stop her from doing so just to carry on with her "hobby", as she calls it. With that, I don't think there's anything else to stop her from shopping!