Everything I ordered in my mini binge has arrived. So I too fellow TOADies have once again steeled my resolve and girded my loins against the dark night of temptation, craving and smartphone weakness. The battle is not over.
I too had a recent binge, and I must be honest, it was GREAT! I appreciate new decks more when I buy them less frequently, and am more thoughtful about what I buy. I still could be a little more selective, but I'm getting there.
My recent spree presented me with 15 new decks for a bargain price.
Well, not really new. They have been worked with.
When the seller offered to add two more decks, I had the notion of giving one of mine to him in return. It was so strong an impulse, I could not fight it.
They now belong to a magician, and he offered me free tickets to see the trick he wants to do with them
I broke my fast and bought a deck last week.
It was terribly naughty but it was a planned purchase, I saved a fortune on shipping and customs as it was in the UK, aaand my dentist bill was about £550 less than I was expecting. So yes, very bad Scarlet but I shan't flog myself too hard over it.
Thankfully I'm thilled with it and it has even rekindled my love for some of my old favourites. Fingers crossed I can behave myself for the rest of the year. There's ONE tarot deck and ONE oracle I'm allowed between August and December but that's the lot.
Just a brief stop by to say a quick hello to everyone, well done and keep it up, before I run out of the door so I don't have to confess what a dreadfully bad TOADie I have been.
SIGHT........
I have tried, tried to be brave, and actually managed to be clean for several weeks.... and last week and weekend, I do not know what took me, the Devil maybe.... it was like I was discovering ebay all over again. I had been resisting ebay for a whole year, friends, believe me ! and I do not know what occured, but suddenly I opened ebay and there were decks that have been on my wishlist for so long (I am burning to type the titles and artist, but I do not because it is against TOADies rules), springing everywhere on ebay, jumping up and down to get my attention, waving at me..... So I got them, several of them (not all of them, I manage to rein in... but the ones I did not get are still on my watch list on ebay and still waving enthusiasticaly at me). In the course of one hour I ruined MONTHS of Toadi efforts.
AND, as if it was not enough, today I got a backup copy of one of my fav decks (why why why ? anxious me, why do I need a backup copy to make me feel better ? Allo Dr Freud, what is wrong with me ?)
So I am bending my head, and pityfully going over to the naughty corner (taking with me my brand new decks in my feverish trembling hands, so I know that even if I have to stand for a long time in the naughty corner, time will pass fast in the company of my new little treasures)