<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandemia/328148669/sizes/m/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5376" title="328148669_7afad1cd46" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/328148669_7afad1cd46-214x300.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="300" /></a>Ummmm…I'm not kidding.

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I really do need an intervention.

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Please.

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In the past two days, I've evolved from a woman who hates shopping into a woman who is a lunchtime shopaholic.

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Yesterday, Shelby (World's Most Chipper and Helpful Banana Republic Salespeep) showed me a fab pair of wedges that would go perfectly with my new shorts from Day 211.  I balked at the price (I never pay full price for anything), so Shelby cheerfully helped me out by forking over a 40% off coupon for Wednesday only.

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I planned on rushing out to the mall around noon to purchase my new shoes.  I also found myself craving the free tea samples at Teavana.  Their mixed Chai concoction is aMAZing!  Of course, I haven't actually <em>purchased </em>the Chai (not sure why since I'm officially a shopaholic).  I'm thinking it wouldn't be the same if I had the tea at my disposal at all times.  The novelty would wear off within the week.

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The fact that I'm thinking so much about the free samples of Teavana at the mall (I normally avoid malls like the plague) means that I now have lunchtime shopping <em>rituals</em>.  In my opinion, this is unhealthy.

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I've gone from packing my lunch 90% of the time (because it's the frugal thing to do) to dropping $$ on clothes and scamming free tea samples (a remnant of my old frugal self).

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As lunchtime I approached, I changed my plans.

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I never made it to the mall.

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Before you think that I conquered my lunchtime shopaholic problem, I should probably confess that I ordered the shoes online where they were also offering the 40% sale.

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I missed the Teavana samples, but I was slammed with work and had no other choice.

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And this concludes my obsession with Lunchtime Shopping.  It was fun while it lasted, but I really must get back to a more well-rounded mix of soul-scintillating blog adventures.

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Thank you for your support.

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