I Buy Too Much When I Travel
I love to travel. I am generally good about finding affordable trips so that I can travel often. However, I have one weakness. I buy too many things when I’m on a trip.
As you might suspect, most of the things are things that I don’t end up needing. Like last year when I bought a really beautiful maternity top from a local artisan in Mexico City. It was gorgeous but unnecessary since I’m not pregnant nor do I think I might be soon.
For awhile, I was trying to stop making purchases on my trips. I failed miserably at this. It just filled me with longing to see all of these things that are so neat but not to buy them. I also felt bad looking through markets and local stores and not contributing to their sales.
I think I’ve found a solution. From now on I’m going to use my travel time to purchase gifts for the people that I love. I will give these gifts to them for holidays and special occasions. I’ll be able to eliminate my other holiday shopping by replacing those gifts with the gifts from my travels. The gifts will be more special and I’ll still be able to shop during vacations!
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