Time to quit my online shopping addiction

I worked out recently that I must have spent about 1,500 yuan on items found on the Internet since I started shopping online last September. With 2010 under way, my most ardent resolution for the year is to stop this horrible habit, mainly due to my bad experiences over the past months.

First, I have over-spent several times because of buying things I didn't really need, and then found myself forced to think about how to balance my finances for the remainder of the month. I am always totally fascinated with the great variety of goods offering considerable discounts and promotions. Lovely sweaters unsuitable for my age and pretty hair ties unworkable for my short hair have been included in my purchases in the past. In December alone, I spent 500 yuan online driven by a shopping impulse. I had to quit eating out to make ends meet.

Second, unexpected troubles often took place after the sale itself. I ordered a humidifier as a Christmas gift to my cousin but was deeply embarrassed when I found it had been delivered after the festival and was broken. Due to a lack in post-sales service, I then had to pay to get it repaired at a service center.