Random Thoughts: Brain Waves and House Closings

On the way into work this morning, I heard a story on NPR that intrigued me. Perhaps you heard it as well. In a new study released by researchers at Vanderbilt University, they are claiming that highly impulsive people have greater amounts of dopamine in their brains. The story gave certain examples, such as people who have to buy a new gadget, fashion item or other product immediately. And often. The “I must have it now” mentality. Hmm, perhaps in my own brain I’m carrying around some extra dopamine. Although the study also states that highly impulsive people are susceptible to substance abuse and some forms of mental illness. So, not sure if I can lump myself in those categories, although Hubby may argue sometimes on the mental part.

So, part of me felt that I had finally been “diagnosed” with my shopping habit. Perhaps it is actually a chemical imbalance in the brain! Wow, I now have a condition I can blame it on when Hubby sees the AmEx bill each month. :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend! We have our back-to-back house closings today, so fingers crossed that all goes well. I was sitting amid the boxes last night feeling a bit overwhelmed. Oh, well. We’ll survive.

I also want to give a shout-out to a great blogger, stationery designer and neighbor of ours, Crafty Paper Girl, who owns, Paper Doll Stationery. She made us the cutest moving announcements (a sample of work is above) that I picked up last night. Can’t wait to send them out! Thanks again, Amanda!
Image courtesy of Paper Doll Stationery