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04-12-2012, 05:23 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Utah
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| How much? I guess I just need to know I'm not the only one constantly shopping for stuff for my dog. I can't tell you how many bows, brushes and combs, perfumes, outfits and coats, and toys...oh god the toys I have! Every time I get a package in the mail I cringe at what my DH is going to say. Gabby gets a package at least once every other week. At some point I think I need to downsize what she has so I can sneak new stuff in! LOL! |
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04-12-2012, 05:30 PM | #2 |
Max Main's Mamma Donating YT Member | Hahaha! I sneak shoes sometimes (for myself) . Shhhh!! I have the same problem. I just bought Max a closet!!! It is for small dogs and I have it categorized by season. We spent $120 tonight at the dog boutique! OMG..I have totally lost it.
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04-12-2012, 05:32 PM | #3 |
I ♥ my girls! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: With My Yorkies
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| Oh trust me you are not alone!! I buy wwwwaaaaayyyyy to much! Waiting on 4 packages right now! We use the don't ask don't tell. He don't ask how much and I don't tell!!
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04-12-2012, 05:35 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| "How much?" You NEVER total the bills for all the things your buy for your yorkie....it's a yorkie owner rule. In fact, you're actually supposed to pay for each item separately, so each bill/receipt is smaller, so it seems like you're spending less than you are .
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04-12-2012, 05:52 PM | #5 | |
Jada + Bogie = ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mayberry AKA smalltown usa
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04-12-2012, 06:26 PM | #6 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Callie has to much of everything lol. What bothers me is I buy her stuff with my own money but whenever I have a box come in my grandparents moan and groan about Callie getting more stuff and I'm like hey its my money and it makes me happy to spend it on her.
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04-12-2012, 07:51 PM | #7 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Columbia
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| Ralph has a closet that is set up just like that! (: |
04-13-2012, 02:38 AM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Houston, Tx
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| I just turned a little cabinet thing I have into a doggie wardrobe.... I am a super broke grad student and spend WAY too much money on my dogs. When my BF gets upset with me for spending too much money I usually just way over exagerate how much stuff was on sale!! O I usually do only buy stuff on sale...just not usually quite as much as I might say it was.....
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04-13-2012, 04:14 AM | #9 |
Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA
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| i have the same problem but not only for doggie stuff but also for makeup and fabric....my husband is home all day so i cannot hide the packages coming in...hehe so sometimes i lie and say i got free samples!! he just rolls his eyes at me and pretends i dont have a shopping/yorkie addiction. so bad i know...but hey there are way worse things i could be doing! i too just recently converted a rack i had to a doggie closet...but i might just have to look into purchasing a better one.
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04-13-2012, 05:25 AM | #10 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Scotland
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| I too am afflicted with this illness.... It's not an addiction it's an illness and we deserve support not condemnation. .... Anyway my girls are also waiting on 4parcels this week. That doesn't include the food, new coats, toys and grooming products I already bought. They are only 13 weeks but the shampoo and conditioner (Tigi) was on sale. Realy I m saving money cause won't need to pay full price when I buy in the future.
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04-13-2012, 05:40 AM | #11 |
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04-13-2012, 05:45 AM | #12 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oakland County MI
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| I too go overboard, seem to have a thing for beds and harnesses, I have one dog that has 7 beds and one on order and about 6 walking harnesses. I don't even know how many dresses I have now, probably 25 and I have 7 on order and Lola hardly wears dresses. I think of her as a Barbie doll for grown ups, for some sick reason even though she might never wear a lot of them, having them makes me happy. (LOL I must talk to a shrink about that) I also buy stuff even if it is not for Lola because I figure one of my yorkie friends will want it and buy it from me, currently I have about 5 dresses that are not in Lola's size but the price was to good to pass up! I also just bought a little girls short set because it had yorkies on the tank top and all over the shorts. It was size 5T and on clearance at KMart for about $8.00, I have NO children, NO grandchildren, NO small nieces and really did not know anyone that would need it. But I messaged a ton of my yorkie friends and low and behold someone wanted it. So not only do I shop for my dog I buy for others as well and I don't do this for profit, they pay me what I paid, it's just I can't pass up a good yorkie deal. Good thing I work from home and do all the bills because my DH would have a fit if he knew how much I bought!
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04-13-2012, 05:53 AM | #13 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Columbia
Posts: 426
| Mine started when I started working in a dog boutique....i got the employee discount, and so any time new stuff would come in i had to buy it! I convinced myself it was so i could sell the product the correct way! But at the end of the day, since i have most of the items you would find at my store and any other boutique, i can at least vouch that they actually work. But ive always been a shopaholic. |
04-13-2012, 06:03 AM | #14 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Austin, TX, USA
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| I think some of it can be redirection for gratification. A lot of people spend money on themselves for a pick-me-up but then feel guilty about it afterward. If you're spending money on your baby, or on your pets -- same gratification, less guilt. Oh it isn't for ME -- it is for xyz. When my daughter was a baby, I had a HUGE problem with buying her new things. It took a lot of time and effort to stop trying to show affection via $$. Not that you guys are doing this -- clearly some of you are taking a second look at overspending on your poochies.
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04-13-2012, 06:12 AM | #15 | |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Columbia
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I am okay with spending money on Ralph (: I think he deserves every toy and treat. But I dont think that I show affection via money, sure I spoil him, but that is not that only way, he gets spoiled by going on playdates with his friends, going on nice long walks, going to groomers to get all pretty and cleaned, playing for hours and hours with toys, buying purified water just for dogs, and buying the best food out there and hand feeding it to him every day, and even rubbing his belly a certain way for him to go to sleep. So do I overspend on Ralph, probably. Is it bad? In my opinion no. Do i overspend to show Ralph affection via money? No. If i stopped buying Ralph everything, he would still love me just as much | |
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