Clare Henney: Impulse Buy

You know how some women often resort to retail therapy when under stressful situations?  You can count me in as one of those women.  Only thing is, instead of buying clothes, I have the nasty habit of buying gadgets. I’ve been under a lot of stress lately and the only thing cheering me up has been watching Yoon Eun Hye in the Korean drama (or should I say romantic comedy) Lie to Me.  I’ve been channeling Gong Ah Jung’s character for a while now.  When she cut her hair, I cut mine as well and colored it the same way.

Throughout the whole series, you can also catch her using the Samsung Galaxy S II, which I have been wanting to have for a while now after my other phone died on me.

Finally, after a prolonged period of merely wanting, I bought the phone (or should I say loaned it since I didn’t put out any cash for it just yet, it’s on installment!).  It will take a while for me to get used to it considering how thin it is and how my big fingers are a big challenge to the phone’s touchscreen feature.

Part of me is thinking that I will regret the buy in the future since it is a bit expensive but a part of me is also  thinking that it’s worth it — I’ve been working so hard and I’ve been under so much stress and I need to reward myself for all the hard work (even if it means a dent in my wallet on the installment payments later).  Just looking at it reminds me of Gong Ah Jung and Lie to Me and that makes me smile a bit (play Lovin’ Ice Cream song here please).

One thing that irks me though are people who are judging me for my impulse buy, like my money could have been put to better use.  Are single 30-somethings like me not allowed to have something to be happy about?

Hay…when it’s me vs. the world, I can never win.