10 Signs You Might Have a Shopping Addiction

You could have a problem without even knowing it.

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Buzz Bissinger's article on his shopping addiction, with a focus on Gucci, was making the rounds yesterday and provided a bunch of eye-popping numbers and mind-boggling personal experiences from the Friday Night Lights author. The article may have made us all giggle, but it also made us think about our own shopping habits. We're copping gear non-stop, and sometimes have serious buyer's remorse, so why are we always going back for more?

While real addictions are no joke, we decided to put together a guide that will help you figure out if you have a shopping problem or not. Because while we all want to be fashion killas, we shouldn't let fashion kill us. Think you might have a problem? Here are 10 Signs That You Might Have a Shopping Addiction.

Your shopping addiction makes you sad, so you console yourself with more shopping.

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You skip rent and hide from the landlord while wearing $4,000 worth of clothing.

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You own more tuxedos than James Bond and have been invited to three weddings and zero galas in your life.

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You get a boner everytime the cashier swipes your credit card.

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The store plays "Throw It In The Bag" when you walk in.

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You go through black-out spells and wake up surrounded by new clothes with no memory of where you went or how you got there.

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Your friends and family hold an intervention at the mall.

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You are a loser in real life, but as soon as you walk in your favorite store you get VIP treatment.

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When the world didn't end on December 21, 2012, you converted your end-of-the-world-zombie-apocalypse bunker into a closet.

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You tell your girl you're with your friends. You tell your friends you're with your girl. But you're actually just alone at the mall.

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