You know how sometimes you’ll buy a new dress that is very pretty and perfect for the summer? But then after you buy it you drive home thinking “Shit. I don’t have $88 to throw around! Why did I buy that stupid unreturnable pretty dress!?” Well here is my method for dealing with the anxiety:
First I imagine I just got mugged for the price of the dress. Some thug came up with a gun and a knife and screamed at me to give him $88. Then he slashed my cheek a little and ran away to huff glue. Maybe he spit at me, I don’t know, it depends on how expensive the dress was. Pretty upsetting!
THEN I imagine the same thing, but this time after he mugs me the guy throws a new summer dress at me. Still scary, but I got a dress, so that’s pretty good.
THEN I imagine the same thing, but with no mugger. Hooray! I never got mugged! What a relief! I just got a nice dress and lost $88 — not a bad price to pay for not getting mugged.
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I am in a lot of debt. (But I haven’t had my face cut off!)
photo by Anya Garrett
Adorable dress! Well worth the money.
~a fellow debtor!
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I should have used such logic more often. I had my eyes on a few items for my summer wardrobe.
But right now, my sides are hurting so badly from laughing out loud.
hahahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahah i love your logic
That’s the best rationalization for anything ever.
first time I came on ur website after watchin the Amy at the club CH video. Well… ur dress, the framing of the picture, ur smile and deep inspiring blue eyes are all awesome. Don’t regret ur shopping
Great strategy. For me, it would be a large appliance or a deck– so the mugger would have to push me aside and steal my car. I get a partial value back from insurance because my van is a piece, and the loss I write off as the amount I have just sunk into a HE washer. Breathe.