I'm an Addict

My name is Jillian and I have a problem.  I love to shop online.  Two years ago, I would have silently thought you were a weirdo had you been a mostly online shopper, but I have since joined the club.

It started out with Jane.com and then Zulily.  Then I was like, "I know my sizes at Old Navy and Gap, so I'll just order stuff from there online, too".  Then I got a LOFT card, and figured out my sizes there, and then I got hooked on thredUp.

The latest craze is LulaRoe (LLR).  I'll guesstimate that I have ten pair of LLR leggings, two skirts, two shirts, and one dress.  After I hosted my first online pop-up (an actual consultant sells her inventory with you acting as the hostess to your friends), it was like I had a good hit and joined five or more other groups immediately to buy more LLR!  I've since leveled out, thank goodness, and I'm back to watching the budget again.  

I can't tell you how many times I've told my husband, "I know (our daughter) and I don't need anymore clothes", but I keep buying them anyway.  My excuse I've been using for myself is that everything from LLR is very forgiving, so when I'm bloated it all still fits.  It is depressing when you know you have all these other cute skirts that don't stretch and you can't zip them over your belly.  Yet I don't want to get rid of them in hopes that I finally start to lose my gut.  Plus, I had just gotten them and maybe worn them once before I started gaining weight.

What I really need and would like to do is save all the money I spend on clothes (that no one really needs) to put toward a bigger, nicer home, and toward experiences that we'll remember.  Clothes are just immediate gratification.  If I tell myself that 500 times, maybe it will finally sink in.  This is the toughest challenge I've had to face in a long time.  Kinda sad, huh?

I've counted, and do own 10 pair - wearing one, so only 9 pictured