I appear to be on every retail online mailing list.

I have given up shopping for my own self-imposed lent.

Just like the sight of food initiates hungry all these emails and social media propaganda incites retail therapy activation.

I constantly unsubscribe and yet like Covid it keeps popping up and infecting me.

The temptation is overwhelming for new accessories, workout clothes, fresh linen for the spring in an appealing array of pastel shades.

I bite down on my credit card and the sharp, bitter metallic taste quickly persuades me to press delete.

Unsubscribing must be linked to Groundhog Day.

You wake up and the email is back again.

Does inputting your email name for elimination from lists automatically resign you up again or trickle down to another site…do not get me started on the funeral insurance, silver panthers dating sites and penis enlargement emails (is it because my name is gender neutral) that clog up my account.

Life is a conundrum. Now I have to make sure I do not substitute my shopping fast for chocolate indulgence.