Shop-a-holic

Must. Stop. Shopping.

I can't control myself friends.

I try to curb my school spending. But then I don't. Because it's more fun to buy stuff than to pine away over it. I may need an intervention.

The other day I went to Michael's to get ONE THING. Before I left for the store I wrote this on my hand:

 I managed to walk out with only the item I needed. The funny thing is that I am pretty good at helping the people I shop with figure out if the item they are pining away over is something they need or don't need. I don't sugar coat it either. But I have a hard time doing this for myself. So here are some of my recent purchases. Feel free to tell me what I don't need.

 I got this DVD set on Amazon for a steal. I have most of the episodes downloaded from Discovery Education, but I decided it would be a good idea to own the DVDs too. That way I could delete the digital files to free up some storage space, and I feel like I should pay for it considering how often I use these videos. This is the complete season, with EVERY episode ever made. I got it for $25, but now its $42.

I also got these on Amazon. I haven't purchased any professional development books in years so I figured I was way over due. I wasn't going to buy the WBT book, since you can find pretty much anything you need online for free, but I decided it would be a good idea to have the information handy for myself.

 I got these next few items from Vista Print. There was a great Groupon not to long ago that gave you $70 worth of product for only $17. How could I pass that up???

Envelopes 

Postcards. I designed these so I could use them anytime, not just to welcome students at the beginning of the school year. I've already sent a few to former students. 

I also got a custom stamp made.

Cute!

Really good stuff from Really Good Stuff.

I found a coupon for $50 off $200 and used that as an excuse to buy some things I've had on my wishlist for a while. I love these binder holders for individual book bins and I needed a classroom mailbox because my new school doesn't provide one like my old school did.

There's tons more buried away in my garage but I don't plan to come to terms with that unnecessary spending until I unpack my boxes in my new room. It will take me that long to come up with a good rationalization anyway.