shopping and therapy are synonymous...right?

ever have one of those moments where you feel slight panic and then lose all sense of focusing because the thoughts start flowing a million a minute?  this moment came for me today while i was typing an endless amount of journals for a class, while missing a day of work due to the craziness of what i must turn in this week.  i couldn't wrap my mind around the school projects (both graduate and teaching), to-do lists, cleaning, uncertainties in my personal life, and plans for the weekend -- after all, it is my husband's birthday week coming up.
here was my solution to the panic (which is usually always my solution to the panic):

shop. shop. shop.
check out these unbelievably cute fall items i found at 50% off. thanks hobby lobby and wal-mart.

love this litle turkey...$3.50!

the picture doesn't do it justice nor is it hung correctly, so just pretend!

again, the picture doesn't show the bronze finish and cute wire details but it looks fabulous on my cute little leaf runner.

i think i have some kind of sickness with my little shopping fixes here and there...but as long as i get great deals, i say i'm really saving money, right?  my husband says to tell that to dave ramsey.