As a teacher your insurance probably covers therapy, utilize it, you can try to budget and plan and beat this and we have written several blogs on this topic, A Guide to Overcoming Shopping Addiction - #2 by ModeratorSG, but it is an addiction and finding the why behind it and the willpower to face it, often comes through therapy. We are huge believers in facing an issue with honesty and this is not just shopping for the heck of it, it is shopping to get a high, which you chase over and over again. Therapy and possibly medication, is key. All the best-SG