Minne Mouse Shopping Habit

Minnie Mouse Shopping Habit!

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It's a beautiful day in Orlando, Florida in Disney World where Mickey and Minnie Mouse lives. Mickey and Minnie are very close friends and does a lot of things together. Mickey decides that he wants to have a dinner party with all of his Disney friends to celebrate best friend’s day. Minnie is charge of the party but, she gets a little upset about things that started to happening during the planning time, and figured out that she has compulsive buying disorder. WHOA! That’s a big word, you may be wondering.  Compulsive buying disorder means that you shop over and over until you make yourself feel happy. When Minnie mouse is feeling down or sad she shops a lot to get away from anger and loneliness.

One day, Minnie and her friend Daisy decided to bake cupcakes for the dinner party. "Wow Daisy, these cupcakes came out fantastic!" stated Minnie. As Daisy took the cupcakes out of the oven she says “I know, the came out grea.....oops!" Suddenly, all of the cupcakes fell on top of Daisy's head and she fell to the floor. "Oh my!" said Minnie. "It was just an accident." replied Daisy. Minnie was highly upset about the cupcakes and how they got destroyed. The party was tomorrow and it seemed to be no time to bake more. She stormed out of the cupcake shop and went to the Disney store. Minnie loves shoes and bows, so when she got to the Disney store she bought five bows and five pairs shoes. Minnie mouse spent one hundred dollars. "Oh my...that is a lot of money, but I feel better now". 

Why is Minnie doing this? Remember what compulsive buying disorder means? Sometimes, if you're mad at someone or something you may want to buy a lot of candy or toys to make you feel better. But, when Minnie Mouse shops she doesn't notice that when she buys a bunch of things she's spending all of her money and will have none left. When mice like Minnie have compulsive buying disorder they begin to spend all of their money until they have no more. Minnie has seven credit cards, credit cards are cards with money on it and you can buy things with it instead of using cash. When you use a credit card you have to pay bills on it which is money you have to pay back to people who are in charge of credit cards. If Minnie spends all of her money, how will she pay continue with the dinner party?  This is a big problem.

The next day Mickey and his dog Pluto stopped by Minnie and Daisy's cupcake shop and yelled "Hey ya guys, are you guys ready for the dinner party”? “Yep." replied Minnie. “Wait...I need to buy balloons!” Minnie soon realized she didn't have any more money so she began crying. Mickey wondered and asked her why. “I spent all of my money and the money on my credit cards. I have nothing left and It’s all my fault". Mickey and Daisy were confused and angry. Mickey was really angry, because he was depending on Minnie for the dinner party. Compulsive buying disorder can get in the way of working on important task and doing fun things with your friends. Compulsive buying disorder can also mess up your relationships between the people you love and care for like your family and close friends. Mickey felt really hurt because of Minnie's shopping behavior and the dinner party.

Mickey didn't know what to do. The dinner party was an hour away and Minnie doesn't have the money to continue with the party. What should Mickey do? Well, as a friend Mickey wants to get Minnie mouse some help. Instead of the dinner party, Mickey decided to gather all of his Disney friends together to see if they can help him get Minnie mouse some support to overcome her shopping habit. There are many cures for compulsive buying disorder. Cures are treatments, meaning to make things get better. Have you ever been to the doctors when you’re were not feeling well? If you haven't, the doctors will do is give you medicine to feel good and healthier about yourself.

Mickey and his friends found many cures for Minnie. One cure was a Disney support group program that Donald Duck is in charge of. What Donald’s support group does is they help mice like Minnie get better and to help her stop shopping as much and spending money. If Minnie keeps up her behavior she will soon lose her friends. Other Disney characters that also had compulsive buying disorder are good role models for Minnie. Another cure that is available for Minnie is counseling. Goofy is the counselor of Disney World and what counselors do is, they help people like you and me get through things you are worried about or want to talk about. Do you have a counselor at your school? If so, you can talk to counselors about anything. This cure was great for Minnie, telling Goofy why she loves shopping and how she can find another way to handle her shopping habit was a great treatment for her. Thanks to Mickey and his Disney friends help and care, Minnie got help and learned how to not shop as much. Minnie mouse slowly overcame her compulsive shopping disorder.




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