Why Having Shopping Bulimia Can Ruin a Marriage.

I have a shopping disorder and I am here to proclaim it.  Acceptance is the first step towards recovery.  Last week I was feeling a little down.  You know, husband gone, no plans, talking to the cat kind of down.  I thought "I should go to the mall"  I had made a large purchase two weeks earlier and had abstained from shopping for anything since.  Well, the dam burst forth and we had on our hands a shopping spree.  I had abstained-then I had to binge.  I couldn't control it(for you faithful readers, no, the verse in my credit card slot did not even stop me!), once I broke the seal an eruption poured forth!!  Real life Retail Therapy (It works)  Well, it works until your husband finds out.  I'm telling you what, technology ain't what it used to be.  My hubs is floating in an ocean somewhere tracking my spending!!

I get an email containing only this memo:

"Shopping Spree??"

How does he check banking from the ocean? This man must have the patience of Moses!  

Okay so now I have come to the conclusion that I can't get away with shopping sprees any more.  Electronic banking has seen to that.  

So now what do I do when I feel desperate?  Get a little edgy with all this deployment business?  

Well folks, the answer lies within one man- Kirk Cameron.  

Kirk Cameron you say?  Oh yes.  Someone adapted the 40 day challenge from the movie "Fireproof" (Tag lined 'never leave your partner behind' tee hee) into a website for spouses experiencing a deployment.  They give ideas of how you can love your spouse through a deployment!  This is great! Now this is what I focus my energy on.  Here's the site.  I think they want me to buy the book, but like I say... I'm all out of shopping sprees!  The next book I'm going to read to learn about being a Military Wife is "Separated by Duty, United by Love" which sounds very Lifetime, but it got good reviews.  

Love, 

Kaley

(and maybe Nick? Are you there Big Brother??)

PS my marriage isn't in danger.  I love Nick and he loves me despite my pointless and frivolous spending habits.