Diagnosis: Indecisionitis

So this afternoon I took a trip to Sephora to use a gift card I received. A simple enough errand, right? Wrong! I was stricken by a severe case of indecisionitis. This is when you’re in a store and suddenly you are rendered helplessly incapable of choosing anything for an interminable amount of time and the sales people just make it worse. This happened to me today. I spent 40 minutes encased and sweating in my winter coat and hat standing before an array of Tarte Lip Gloss Duos asking myself "Do I want Rhett and Scarlet? Or am I more of a Johnny and Baby kind of person?" It was insane. At one point I tried to take a breather over by the bronzers and I nearly lost my mind altogether. So what brought this on? Was it the odd Hawaiian Punch smell that assailed my nostrils at the door, was it my elevated temperature or was it the battalion of sales people asking me every 36 seconds if I was doing okay? The answer is simple. Some things should be bought in person and some should be purchased online. You should try on jeans , you should lay on a mattress, and you should see a paint color. My downfall happened before I entered the store. My original plan was to buy my favorite face cream (Dr. Hauschka Rose Cream) and had I followed my plan all would have gone well. However, I chose to browse with a gift card in a store filled with things I like when I was short on time and on a budget. Had I unlimited time and a willingness to spend extra cash, there would be no problem. Unfortunately, I was on a lunch break and I had put myself on a spending freeze until my trip to Mexico. What I should have done use the gift card online to purchase the one thing I really wanted, avoiding the store entirely. Luckily, I didn't loose control and use the gift card and whatever plastic, paper or coin currency I had on me to buy everything in sight. Let that be a lesson to you. When in doubt, go online.

Good Luck and Good Shopping