Is it the MOST wonderful time, of the year?

Its that time of year again, where we shop till we drop. Well, not all of us to say the least. The economy is doing so poor right now, it sucks really. I think someone had told me that the sales generated from the past black friday were the worst among years. Then again not many people have the money to splurge. We are in the midst of a recession too. Being a poor, starving artist/college student too, I try to make the best of it all. Well, not the best as I tend to have a bad habit of spending, spending, and even more spending. Its a never ending, viscous cycle I would say. Maybe that's why I am not doing to hot in school right now.

With my hunger for the latest fashion styles and trying to keep up with my tech toys, I find myself working for these as opposed to studying. What I mean by working is I seem to be spending more hours at Trader Joe's slaving away for 8-10 hours; 2-3 times a week making signs for them, and I guess this hunger I have for the finer things in life come at a price. My savings should be higher then it should be, I have an exploding closet of clothes and my grades aren't that well. So who ever did say Christmas was the most wonderful time of the year? Debt adds up, I work more to pay for it all and for what? I seemed to have dug myself in a deep grave and with 1 week of instruction and a week left of finals, I am at a loss it seems. Is it too late to pick myself up and fix it all? Only the last two weeks shall tell...