# What are your irrational, compulsive buying habits? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-irrational-compulsive-buying-habits/233652 "2004-03-11T05:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-irrational-compulsive-buying-habits/233652/41 "2004-03-12T02:33:35Z")
Used books- Luckily my SO makes his living selling them on Ebay so I have an excuse, but really they are all for me!!! Vintage Pyrex- any pattern with green to match my kitchen T-shirts- anything that catches my eye, but only old ones well broken in, the more puzzling/unique the slogan/picture, the better. I probably have about 50 right now, and I just did a prune! My favorite right now is a pale yellow one from the 70’s with a glitter iron-on that says “If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?” ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-irrational-compulsive-buying-habits/233652/42 "2004-03-12T03:20:55Z")
Knitting magazines. I hate to subscribe to magazines, but there are several knitting magazines I buy on sight. Then there’s one or two I actually have to look at to decide whether or not to buy them. Lotion. I love to buy lotions and skin creams. I usually have 3 or 4 kinds on the counter. I love to buy bedspreads and comforters too, but I really have to ration myself there, since they’re more expensive. And I go on shoe buying binges once or twice a year. I love to buy shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-irrational-compulsive-buying-habits/233652/43 "2004-03-12T06:44:02Z")
Bottles of diet soda. If a business sells them and I am there, I buy one. Regardless… ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-irrational-compulsive-buying-habits/233652/44 "2004-03-12T06:57:20Z")
I get antsy if we’re running low on toilet paper. I feel secure when I go into the bathroom and see a brand new 24-roll pack underneath the sink. I’d buy new PJ’s almost every time I went shopping if I had the money. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-irrational-compulsive-buying-habits/233652/45 "2004-03-12T13:59:04Z")
> [@vunderbob](#): > > Here’s a link: [Jane’s stuff for sale](http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&include=0&userid=jrhostetler&sort=3&rows=25&since=-1&rd=1) Thank you – a lot of this stuff is just not my style, but she sure does have a lot here, whew. I’m kind of stuck on dragons right now, and all I found was a Christmas dragon, which is rather, er, icky. I also have more patterns than I know what to do with. I may have to start an account on ebay 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-irrational-compulsive-buying-habits/233652.md?page=2)