Decisions, decisions

I often feel overwhelmed when it comes down to making a decision. I always want to see all my options before (if I ever) commit to one choice. Sometimes, I can't make up my mind so I select all the options, which are not needed, but I rather have too many than not enough (just an excuse to not make up my mind). This impulse to just go with it all, or provide way more than is expected often leaves me in a mess of clutter, people commenting that I went overboard and a financial crunch. The problem lies that I'm afraid that I might not select the best color or the most fabulous whatever for people to compliment. There is also a need to have all possible options available, or not to ever run short.

I should not walk into stores...period. I can go months literally without walking into a single store. The minute I do pass through the automatic doors, I fall into a hopeless rut. Something is on sale, but I can't decide what color, so I buy every available one (even though I don't even need the first one). I see an electronic device I want, so I buy every possible accessory because I don't want to be left without something I might need a year down the road. I see a plant. Plants are nice, so I buy a few. Then they clutter my counter top. I see a book that is interesting and maybe 10 more. I buy them all, even though there is a stack of 20 or more waiting to be read at home. My head thinks better to buy now than to forget that I wanted to read it later. I see a movie I watched once for $5 (what a deal); I buy it. A year later, the same movie still sits in the cellophane wrapper. It is someone's birthday, I go and buy them a $25 gift, but it seems like not enough in the little decorative bag, so I spend another $50 so the person does not think of me as cheap. The sad thing is I normally wouldn't buy this person a gift at all. I just happened to be at the store. Money grows on trees, right? Houses self-expand to accomodate whatever is in the next bag that enters it's door, right? And I wonder why it takes me so long to organize myself and my house.