Lesson #2

Don't go shopping two days in a row.
It's really not good for your bank account.
I know it's specifically hard when you've just been given loads of money for your birthday and your Mum and sister are in the mood for retail therapy, and let's be honest you've had a pretty horrendous month, you need it too!
But you're wrong! Honestly, you are so wrong. So what if that dress surprisingly looks really good on you despite it being pink? So what if those tops are 2 for £12? So what if those shoes and that scarf are buy one get one free in Dorothy Perkins, limited time only? And so bloody what if you've just found a pair of jeans that fit you, I mean really fit you and are in the section Buy Me Now Or Lose Me Forever? SO. WHAT.
Why don't I ever listen to my own advice?
If you like your bank account and have a good friendly relationship with him, and if the cash machine doesn't resemble a torture device that dishes out punishments instead of crisp bank notes, then keep it that way!
Why succumb to the little niggling voice in your head? The one that only ever presents itself when you're alone in the changing room and only knows a certain few phrases: Wow, your legs look so slim!, Blimey, you can hardly see your tummy in that at all! and the worst one, Your bum definitely doesn't look big in that! Why, why, why?
You know you've got it bad when you start pulling out the uni card as well. 'But Edinburgh's cold, I'll need a new coat', 'My clothes aren't cool enough and I don't wanna be the reject with no friends specially before I've even started lectures', the list stretches on as far as the eye can see.
It's pathetic really. I have no job and desperately need to conserve as much money as possible for fresher's week, yet I find myself being dragged around town by my alter ego who lives to shop and needs to be locked away in the Spendaholics Anonymous Headqaurters. It's not pathetic, it's disgusting. I'm ashamed of myself, truly.
Oh well... I've already taken off the labels, it's too late for me now. But not you! Don't go shopping two days in a row! It's really not good for you bank account. Really. Not. Good.