Retail therapy used to be one of my biggest vices. Any time I felt a bit sad or low - for someone with manic depression, this happens a fair bit - I'd buy something pretty.
About a month ago my doctor and I decided it was time to switch antidepressants. I'm (hopefully) moving to Japan at the end of the year, for a minimum of one year, and the antidepressants I was on are unavailable in Japan for some reason, even though ones with a very similar chemical structure are available.
So I've switched onto the ones I can get in Japan, so we can see how well I take to them.
I had a really, really rough 3+ weeks while I came off the other ones, and I'm still not completely back to functioning near 100%. I'm tired a lot, with random body pains, which makes it hard to keep high-spirited.
Hopefully within another week I'll be back to "normal".
Anyway, since I didn't have a job for a few months my savings ran out and I've had to watch every penny. Sure, I get an allowance from my dad (until I find a full-time job that can support living wherever I am), but I can't spend it as frivolously as I thought I could, and even now that I have a temp job, I'm still counting the pennies.
So even though I accompanied a friend pre-holiday shopping yesterday, and even though I saw some dresses I want, I didn't buy anything. I guess our post-shopping meal was a treat though (ate way too much in the end! D'oh).
....with my spending down to the essentials, my wish list on Amazon keeps getting longer and longer, haha :P
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