Abstinence...

…was never a word in my vocabulary. It is now! <_<

I’ve realised that over the past few months I’ve been spending WAY too much money on Morning Musume / Niigaki Risa items and have made the tough decision that I have to cut back. Especially as I plan to get my own place very shortly and wish to return to Japan for two weeks in October. Although I want to see some immediate effects which cutting back won’t produce so I have told myself that I am NOT allowed to purchase any items in February (possibly March too) and then I have to cut back! It’s like a sponsored fast, without the sponsorship… Can I do it? I hope so.

This doesn’t mean there won’t be any new GETS! posts for a while because I do have a butt load of stuff that I’ve paid for but am currently waiting on. Stuff like my personalised Koharu graduation panel (which I still don’t know if I’ve won yet), New Year BLT book, various items from the H!P store / FC store (can’t remember what I bought) and all editions of Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai. Once the majority of these items arrive I will take photos and show them off but until then I have to try my hardest not to click ‘BUY’ on anything else. It’s going to be painful and if I struggle at any point I will blog about it. Wish me luck!!!

pfft

…ROLL ON APRIL!

7 comments to Abstinence…

  • I’ll be your sponsor Lolli!

    GAMBATTE!

  • Thank you peachy ^_^ I’m gonna need the support what with awesome stuff being released already…
    (Labo FC Event goods for one <_<)

  • Kea

    The best way to cut on H!P expenses is… not having money at all! XD Quit your job already! (jk, jk ^^).

  • I think the ultimate thing would be to have a better paid job or a rich family. That way I could get my flat yet still spend all the money I want on Hello! Project. I only want to cut down not stop altogether as I’d end up in a mental hospital if I couldn’t spend any money on H!P. My life goes ‘WORK -> SLEEP -> WORK -> SLEEP’ and H!P is the only thing that fills the voids in between those two actions. I’m dependant on it. It’s like drugs… (>_<)

  • Kea

    Oh oh, I have a better one: marry a super rich old man (better if he’s in a wheelchair XD) then drop a few tablets in his whisky and hello inheritance :D :D :D But yeah, I wish I had a job that would allow me to spend 1000$ a month on H!P. Then again: too many goodies kill the goodness of it all.
    “H!P is the only thing that fills the voids in between those two actions” -> Awwwww, hug hug <3

  • I leave that option to you. There’s no way I’m going anywhere near an old man in a flirtatious way and I definitely wouldn’t marry one lol.

    “Then again: too many goodies kill the goodness of it all.”

    I disagree. Hello! Project is about all the merchandise and there’s nothing I love more then getting new items in the post then finding them again a number of months later. Going through my whole collection always brings a smile to my face. I just need room for even more which is why I’m selling a load of it off.

    “Awwwww, hug hug <3"

    Thank you <3 I'll find someone to spend my time on one day, but to do that I actually have to actively go out and look for someone. If Shirow and I get to move in together I'm hoping he'll help me to pluck up the courage to make that first step. That's what I lack…courage!

  • Kea

    No thanks XD I’m trying to find a clever solution but nothing comes to mind ^^

    Well well, for me I get my goodies in a bunch, so I feel like I don’t get to appreciate them enough. It’s like: I get a package with 100 items, look at them, am super happy, then put them in my collection box, and then that’s it: I don’t look at them anymore unless it’s a CD I want to listen to.
    When I see other ppl’s stuff, I get jealous and want to buy a lot, but once I get them, since there are too many at once, I don’t get to appreciate them much. For instance: I have 110 CDs (albums and singles) and I’ve been having half of them for almost one year (the other half I got for x-mas) and I’ve only listened to 4 albums and 2 singles!!!!! (and one of the singles I listened to was because I bought it from Book Off and I was happy with it so when I got home I listened to it). Since there are too many, they’re all in the box and then I dont’ touche them :(
    I’d prefer to buy one CD per week and be sure to listen to it. Unfortunately, buying by the ton is my only option so as to save on shipping XD

    Yes! Find that courage! I know how it is… I never make the first step either :( Let’s… eat kiwis! And find courage!