My relationship with the commercial world, as you put it, used to be glossy!
Now that I am older (I seem to say that a lot on here!), I have nagged at my children about NOT getting a skip bin when I die as I have many valuable collectibles.
I USED to be a shopaholic however now seem to spend more time doing voluntary work (though this is in a shop!) and writing on here, I don't get so much spare time, in fact I get very little spare time, so I have stopped shopping for the sake of it.
I am also not in the same financial position I was a few years ago, when I used to just spend for the sake of spending.