I have never been the best saver all my life. I would splurge and shop every chance I get. I would make wish lists and hunt each item down until I scratch everything in my list. I always console myself when I look into my bank account that I did all that shopping because I deserve a reward for working so hard, for working all-night, for working the graveyard shift, for meeting all my deliverables, for finishing all the performance reviews, for just about anything that I feel I worked hard for. Don't get me wrong, I still saved some (apart from my emergency fund) but not substantial enough to finance a year-long sabbatical. My shopaholic attitude may have afforded me all the material things I wanted but every time I open a shopping bag or box I feel like my life span had another extension. You may call it happy-go-lucky attitude but that's what made me happy at some point in time.
The entry and surge of popularity of online shopping websites just depleted my savings even more. I have high-speed internet at home as well which made online shopping much more convenient. It was so easy to browse and click and send everything I like to my cart and then eventually click the check-out button. All that careless and thoughtless shopping attitude changed when I became pregnant with my daughter, Viktoria Summer.
The entry and surge of popularity of online shopping websites just depleted my savings even more. I have high-speed internet at home as well which made online shopping much more convenient. It was so easy to browse and click and send everything I like to my cart and then eventually click the check-out button. All that careless and thoughtless shopping attitude changed when I became pregnant with my daughter, Viktoria Summer.