Type 4: Visa, Visa, Master Card

When I was 7 most of my freinds stopped believeing in magic. That's when I first started believing. They were beautiful, they were happy. They didnt even need money, they had magic cards.

-Rebecca Bloomwood

1. Do you spend money you don’t have by using a credit card and saying you will pay it off later?
2. Have you accumulated more than $5000 worth of debt.
3. Do you have more than 3 credit cards that you are currently trying to pay off?
4. Have you ever been harassed by a credit card company for a payment?

Type 3: Home Shopping Network On Speed Dial

If I like it I'll buy it, pure impulsive shopping.

Kristin Kreuk

Have you ordered more than 3 things in one day?

Is the television shopping number on speed dial?

Does the operator recognize your voice?

Does the UPS delivery man consider you a friend since he drops of packages all the time?

Type 2: The Online Temptress

The quickets way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.

-Marcelene Cox

Do you have over 17 shopping sites bookmarked?

Do you have all of your credit card numbers memorized?

Do you stay up all night on the computer?

Can you just “window shop” online?

Type 1:Window Shopper Gone Wrong

I don't shop because I need something, I shop for shoppings sake.

-Cat Deeley

Can you walk past a store without walking in and buying something?

Can you walk past a sale sign without going in?

Do you feel a strong pull to go into a store you know is to expensive?

Do you to pretend you can afford items even though you cant?

Come One Come All...

Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase.
-- Erma Bombeck

Shopping for love? Shopping for attention? Shopping for self worth?

Next time you walk through the plexi glass doors of the mall, pile up items in your cart at Target or when you stay up until the sunrise waiting for an item to appear on the Home Shopping Network, ask yourself what is making you shop? Every red blooded man, women and child has been to the mall, it is estimated that women spend up to three years of their lives shopping, so why you may ask is your habbit a problem? Well shopping, like alcohol and other substances can be addicting.

Sure it sounds like a hoax, a myth that a group of annoyed boyfriends and husbands concocted to make you cut up your credit cards and frequent buyers cards. But the reality is that just like alcohol and drugs, you can be ADDICTED TO SHOPPING.

This blog you will show you solid evidence that will prove that the sensations that arise when you see a sale, buy a new outfit or outbid the competition on Ebay are in certain situations addictive. But don't turn away yet, read through the 6 Types of Shopping Addicts, see if you relate, and the studies from addiction specialists and see if they apply to you.

So, ladies, put your freshly pedicured feet up and pour yourself a glass of pinot grigio and enjoy this little corner of the blogasphere,