When will I ever learn? Dumb things you keep doing

[4691mls]

Is there anything you find yourself doing repeatedly even though you should know better by now?

I wear mostly dresses during the work week and don't buy new casual cotton pants or jeans very often - maybe every other year - but still, you'd think by now I would remember that if I buy the size pants that fit comfortably in the store, by the time I actually wear them for an hour or two they will be baggy. I need some kind of app on my phone that would flash when I go into the pants section of the store to remind me to buy the size that seems a little too snug!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who can't seem to learn from history.

[Sirtel]

I keep buying ebooks, even though I already have more than I could read in several lifetimes. I also buy ereaders, even though actually I don't need more than one.

As to clothes, I'm the exact opposite. I hate snug clothes and most of mine are a number or two bigger than my actual number. I enjoy bagginess. And you won't find any dresses or skirts in my wardrobe. Haven't worn them since high school.

[PurpleStar]

I like bagginess too but it's fun being able to buy smaller sized clothes since I lost weight. Agreed with the ebooks! I could never buy another one again and I'd never run out!(Yet I keep buying more).

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by PurpleStar

I like bagginess too but it's fun being able to buy smaller sized clothes since I lost weight. Agreed with the ebooks! I could never buy another one again and I'd never run out!(Yet I keep buying more).

Well, there are clothes that are designed to be loose (nothing wrong with that) and clothes that are designed to be more fitted. My problem has been buying pants s that are supposed to be more fitted, then after I wear them for a couple hours they look like I bought the wrong size (which apparently I did ) Haven't run into this problem with tops, just pants.

Fortunately I realized fairly soon after getting an ereader and joining Mobileread that the best way to avoid buying too many books was to shop only when I actually need something new to read. Occasionally I will buy a few books at a time but I probably don't have more than 10-12 unread books on my reader at any one time (as opposed to the dozens or more that I know some Mobilereaders have.) Mostly I stick with library books. If you don't read those before they expire they will remove themselves

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

Fortunately I realized fairly soon after getting an ereader and joining Mobileread that the best way to avoid buying too many books was to shop only when I actually need something new to read. Occasionally I will buy a few books at a time but I probably don't have more than 10-12 unread books on my reader at any one time (as opposed to the dozens or more that I know some Mobilereaders have.) Mostly I stick with library books. If you don't read those before they expire they will remove themselves

I would be ecstatic if I had only several dozens of unread books! I have more like thousands. What can I say, my impulse control is extremely poor. At least regarding books (I had the same problem with paper books before switching to ebooks).

Library ebooks aren't really available in my country and in any case I've never been a library fan. I like to hoard!

[PurpleStar]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I would be ecstatic if I had only several dozens of unread books! I have more like thousands. What can I say, my impulse control is extremely poor. At least regarding books (I had the same problem with paper books before switching to ebooks).

Library ebooks aren't really available in my country and in any case I've never been a library fan. I like to hoard!

I'm in the hundreds. 373 books bought from Kobo plus several hundred more from other stores in calibre.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by PurpleStar

I'm in the hundreds. 373 books bought from Kobo plus several hundred more from other stores in calibre.

I have 628 on Kindle, all of which I've read at least once. The up side is that at my age, re-reading a book I read a few years ago is like reading it the first time. The ole memory is beginning to slip a bit.

The problem with that is if it's part of a series, it forces me to buy new ones published since I last read the series.

Le'see, if the average book is two inches thick that would be figger figger more than a hundred feet of books , that I'm carrying around in my phone.

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I keep buying ebooks, even though I already have more than I could read in several lifetimes. I also buy ereaders, even though actually I don't need more than one.

As to clothes, I'm the exact opposite. I hate snug clothes and most of mine are a number or two bigger than my actual number. I enjoy bagginess. And you won't find any dresses or skirts in my wardrobe. Haven't worn them since high school.

Me too. Currently, I'm trying to make myself sell some of my ereaders. Hard though. And I have WAY too many ebooks and audiobooks that are yet unread.

As to clothes, I only wear loose shirts and jeans. I don't LIKE bagginess, and when I really care about it, I take out my sewing machine and make adjustments to reduce unnecessary bagginess. No skirts or dresses here since 1998.