A Or B ?

I think it's all about the hunt. I know when I get set in my mind that I NEED SOMETHING, I can practically feel my adrenaline rushing through me during the search (whether online or in a real store). I get so excited when I'm looking at the item and thinking about purchasing it, but once I hand over the credit card and it's in my hands, the excitement usually is nearly gone. I know they say guys have that "hunting" instinct when it comes to trying to get a girl. Maybe we have the same instinct, only for clothes and beauty products!!

I'm the exact same way. I think it's more about the desire for something, the quest to get it, then the actual acquisition of it. I think in the back of my mind, I always think that this is the purchase that will change my life, that will make me feel beautiful, or look 10 years younger, 10 pounds thinner, and of course, it doesn't, so I go onto the next thing. If I wanted to get really deep into it, I guess I would say that there may be an underlying need for something else, probably not something that can be bought in a store.

Answer: C. For some odd reason, I usually "age" my purchases for several weeks before I wear them. Most of my new clothes get sent out for alterations, then go on vacation for a month, in my closet. With new makeup, I like to experiment with a variety of new looks with it, at home, before venturing out in public, so new beauty products also generally get a month long vacation in my drawer before going into regular rotation. Lol!

Oh, I get so excited over purchases I am known to change as soon as I get in the car.  Really that is true!  So if you see me half clothed, contorted in my suv's front seat in the mall parking lot, just ignore it!         but I also know what you mean about the buying and not using. A while back I ordered many things over the Internet, when they came I just put them away.  Never got them out again.  Long story short I was trying to analyze 'why', I think it may have been a depressive thing.  PMS is evil!  I (try) to stop that type of purchasing.    My husband always makes me laugh when he says "you know it will be a 100% off sale, if you just walk away"    :-)       erica your words are so correct.  You put it very nicely.               Good Luck! 

I used to use whatever I bought as soon as I could: purses, clothes, makeup... But that was when I was a teen and I only bought like 1-2 things at a time, and not very often because teens don't have a whole lot of money to spend! Now I tend to wait a bit before trying things out after I buy them, but once I start using them, I use them all the time (like my leather Fossil purse. For some reason I was just too nervous to use it, and kept thinking about returning it... now that I've been using it for a few months straight, I can't imagine not having it! It's the perfect purse for me.) And things I really don't use, I try to get rid of (consignment stores, thrift stores, friends, whoever will take it!).

I tend to wear stuff I buy as soon as I get it, except for suits.  I have several in my closet that I bought and then I got laid off!

I can't wait to wear new things when I get them, I'm pretty bad about that!

i guess i go with D both, sometimes i buy something special and can't wait to use it other times its in a special spot in my closet

A) I'm knowing for getting a new handbag and stuffing it. That's why I opt for nice roomy bags. lol Ever been in the mall and purchased something you had to run to the bathroom to put on?

I sometimes like the hunt, other times it is too precious to use.  I am horrible about storing for a rainy day.  I have wedding presents that are now 24 years old that I haven't used.  Gigi is trying to convince me to use some of my stuff and I am pushing her to use hers.  We are each others sponsors in the saving stuff anonymous club.

I would say it really depends on what it is or how much I spent.  With biggish purchases, I am so afraid of buyer's remorse that I try to leave the tags on for a little while in case I want to bring it back.  I am so sickened when I buy something and regret it, that now I've kind of gotten myself to have the buyer's remorse while I'm still in the store so I can save myself the trouble of returning it.  I really really really have to want something and KNOW that I'm going to use it often, or else I won't buy it.  Of course there are some times when I break my own rules and end up with something that I regret, but those times just strengthen my desire to not want to do that again.

SwAG, you crack me up.  If I buy something, I generally wear it or use it pretty quickly.  I dont' buy something if I'm not going to use it, that's just wasting money.  In the case of makeup or skin products, I try to use up what I've got before I open something new, but that doesn't always happen.  More often than not it doesn't happen.  :)  But clothes or earrings or a purse I don't let it sit there.  Unless I've bought something on clearance and it's unseasonal - then I wait. 

Oh so many times I'm sooooo excited to get something and this usually happens with my online purchases, I'm not excited about it...wrong color wrong type, whatever, I've basically had this problem on ebay when I think I'm getting such a great deal on some cosmetic!!  I get too excited to try the brand that I don't investigate the color closely enough or something like that!!  So I end up spending the money and not getting what I want!!This has happened many more times than I would like to admit!!with clothing, I usually do better, if I try something on then I know I will like it....but there has been a time or two when I've gotten something only to bring it home and have it not work out....I don't know about you guys but sometimes I just don't have the energy or time to return things, then I really kick myself!!But I am getting better, my hubby lost his job this summer and was unemployed for several months, so I didn't have the luxury of "mis-buying" things!! so little by little I think I'm learning!!! LOL