Managing impulse purchase of toys

While browsing at the toy section of a departmental store on last weekend, I saw a nice looking Sylvanian Family House on sale there.  A sample of the said house was on display and I was tempted to make an impulse purchase to house my baby My Little Pony toys; or just to place it on my 3-D Vision Board, at the Wishing Corner of my room.

Actually, my logical mind knows that I can just use a cut out or print out photo of my dream house for my Vision Board.  Using a model or toy house will take up space and collect dust too, since the house is too big for my glass cabinets.  By right, anything that does not have a proper ‘home’ or location to stay in my room or house is considered a “clutter”.  This is how the Home Organizers define clutter - homeless objects that build up everywhere and anywhere in our homes.

It did not help that my 2 fellow My Little Pony collector pals who were with me that day, were egging me to buy that toy house; not just because I looked so keen on it, but also because their legs were tired and they wanted to go sit down somewhere for a drink.  So they figured that the fastest way to tear me away from the display house and the nearby boxes filled with it, was to persuade me to buy it and then leave.  Friends who have gone shopping with me all know that I can take a very long to decide to buy something, whether the thing costs under $10 or much more than that. 

I realise that I tend to get distracted easily by new sights and sounds wherever I go, or during whatever I do.  No wonder it can get a bit difficult to accomplish my tasks at times.  At least I become aware of my shortcoming and the next step is to be mindful of it at all times, so as to correct myself whenever I get distracted again.  It looks like the saying “how you do anything is how you do everything” holds true to me when applied to my bad shopping habits…