Ebay Addicts Anonymous
Hello everybody. I’m 37, married with two children and a large dog/camel and yes, I suffer from a serious Ebay habit. I’ve tried diversion therapy (look! A sheep! Oh no sorry, that was yesterday), I’ve tried not turning on my computer, I’ve tried everything, but sooner or later I’m back there purchasing all kinds of ridiculous items that I don’t need.
Just to ‘name and shame’ myself further, I’ll give you a list of my most recent acquisitions:
A heart-shaped single egg frying pan (so cute!)
A ceramic pot in the shape of a little fairy cake with a cherry on top (even cuter!)
An oven glove with a fairy cake pattern (cuter still!)
The Two Fat Ladies Ride Again (a girl should know how to cook brains)
Ken Hom’s Travels with a Hot Wok
A book of British Food
A Place in the Sun (the book of the series)
A leopard-print Martingale dog collar (size XXXL)
An X-box controller
Brian Lara Cricket 2007 for X-box
Okay, so those last two weren’t mine but you get my drift. And the worst thing is that in my peculiarly distorted psyche I can justify every one of these purchases as essential. Take the heart-shaped frying pan: when Hubby comes back I can cook him little heart-shaped eggs for breakfast, therefore magically allowing my affection to physically manifest itself upon his toast whilst cleverly demonstrating my domestic goddess-ness. What man could resist?! Oh and the little pot shaped like a cake is just the thing I need to collect my one euro coins towards the purchase of my new KitchenAid (only another 200 to go!).
It gets worse. I’m even obsessed with things that I have no intention of buying. Take my ‘watched items’ list. It currently includes a pink Smeg fridge (they come in 10 colours!), a rather fabulous lime green Le Creuset casserole (only £45 P&P!) and a villa in Florida (a girl can dream). I suppose it’s the on-line equivalent of mooching around a Louis Vuitton store; nobody knows that you can’t afford anything except you. Anyway, I’d love to chat but I’ve got to run. I’m watching a pair of pink and white flip-flops (with sequins!) and the auction finishes in three minutes. Need them? Of course I need them!
