Before I delve into my April update on the “Love It, Wear It” Wardrobe Challenge (LIWI), I would like to say a few things in reference to my last post. I actually considered dedicating an entire post to this topic, but I decided to just write about it it here instead. Judging from some of the comments I received, it seems that perhaps I wasn’t clear in the way I wrote about my April overshopping, so I’d like to clarify the situation now.
Explaining Isn’t the Same as Excusing
While I wrote about the reasons why I ended up shopping too much last month, it was not my intention to excuse it in any way. I take full responsibility for buying too many items and spending too much time, energy, and money on clothes during April. I acknowledge that my behavior was not in line with my goals for having a smaller, more cohesive, and more functional wardrobe, as well as my desire to trade my full closet for a full life. I know that using shopping to try to deal with my emotional issues is a dead end and will never make me happy or lead to long-term fulfillment. I have definitely learned that much in the almost two and a half years of writing this blog.
Setbacks are normal as we work to overcome compulsive shopping.
Recovering Shopaholic 