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How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

Well, I was looking at my orders for the WH V-neck Sweater yesterday and, lo and behold, I ordered an Aubergine V-neck in August 2014 and apparently I ordered an Aubergine V-neck in August 2013, too! What the heck? I looked in my drawers and I only can find the one that came in August 2014. I need a Personal Assistant...seriously........

"More is more and less is a bore!" Iris Apfel
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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

You know when you have to askWink

I do that with books. I'll think, oh what a great book, order it up on Amazon, and then find I already own it and it's sitting in my to-read pile! Happens far more than I'd like to admit. I'm not there yet with Linea, but with all the WKs I now have, I can see duplicates winding up in my cart in the not-too-distant future.

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

I'm not laughing, really! Well, maybe just a little...Wink

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

How about when you put the item number in the order history search to see if you already bought it?!? ....I may have done that a time or two..... and yes, maybe I have too much in my closet(s)!! {#emotions_dlg.scared}

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

Sheesh, you're not alone. It happened to me once, so I've learned to check my order status for the item number. Unfortunately, it doesn't include my ebay items, so I have to thoroughly check the closet.

It happens when either:

a. Louis styles an item and makes it appear in a completely new way, or

b. someone starts a new thread on this forum and sings the praises of something still available

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

I have ordered things I own but not on the Q, mostly on catalog sales. I have put a stop to it realizing the problem. I was buying too much and wearing them too little to even notice what I was doing. I stopped totally and now am being very very careful.

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

When you can rationalize any purchase whether you need it or not.

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

I tend to reorder lots and lots of generic style black tops. I have no idea how many I actually have, but I've decided I'm not ordering any more black tops! Ugh...

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

LOL! I have done the same thing, Sheesh! But once it was the identical color but with a new name.

I AM, though, going to make lists by color of all the WKs I have.

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Re: How You Know When You Are Out of Shopping Control!

If you are asking you really already know the answer......

Wrong is still wrong just because you benefited from it.