Online shopping addict? Look for the signs

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Last Updated : Dec 05 2013 | 4:52 PM IST

Is your bin overflowing with cardboard boxes? Do you get more promotional emails than real ones? If yes, you might just have a weakness for online shopping.

Huffingtonpost.com has a list of signs that indicate you are addicted to spending money online:

-You always have a tab open in your web browser with a full shopping cart.

- You are unhappy every time something arrives that isn't what you expected.

- You have a daily routine that consists of checking online retailers to see what's new and what's on sale.

- You've accidentally bought the same thing twice.

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- You get lots of promotional emails.

- Your heart skips a beat when you get an email from a store announcing a sale.

- You are on a first-name basis with the post office workers.

- You get packages in the mail that you forgot you even ordered.

-You've worked from home or just missed work entirely to sign for that thing you ordered last week.

- Your garbage bin is always overflowing with large cardboard boxes.

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First Published: Dec 05 2013 | 4:46 PM IST

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