Addiction and Meltdown...Oh What a Combo!!!

   People have addictions to absolutely everything...addicted to love, addicted to food, addicted to exercise...and here is one that I have been rattling around in my mind that involves ME...I think I'm addicted to bargains!!!  And now for the best part, I think that I might be suffering from "bargain withdrawal" when I have not scored a GOOD BARGAIN!!!  It's the hunt, the find, the purchase  and most importantly...the savings!!!  Or maybe I am suffering from "bargain addiction?"  I feel like I could not be true to myself if I paid retail for anything!!!
   Let's try to put this addiction into perspective...do your endorphins really kick in when you leave knowing you paid less than half for a pair of shoes?  Yes, and it's a feeling that you want over and over again.  It's kinda sounding like an addiction to me!!!  If you strike gold at SteinMart once, chances are you will be running back again and again with that 20% off coupon...yes sounding more and more like an addiction to me.  And the flip side of that is...this is how the stores want you to feel.  So do they jack the price up so high just so they can mark it down?  But no matter how you shake it...a good bargain is a good bargain and it usually will put a little skip in your step and gives you the feeling of "I've got to do this again"!!!
   Now for the meltdown part...being away from the stores that I usually peruse on my "bargain-friendly" route for over a week and a half, makes me feel like something is missing in my daily routine...it certainly is crazy but it sure is a strong feeling.  Meltdown could be a strong word but the word "void" might work just fine!  Again, the thrill of a bargain is a quick high.
   So how do I cure this addiction/meltdown/void in my life?  Well it goes something like this...I walked into Gap last Sunday just on a whim, staring me in the face was a cute shirt retailed at $30, on the sale rack for $9.99 and then 50% off of that.  I took a yellow one and a white one and for $10 bucks my addiction was satisfied, but that was last week and here I go again thinking...