July Video Winner

Congratulations to Christopher Wetzel who confessed his poker table purchase!

June Text Winner

Congratulations from Jenny Goff for confessing her love of shopping and stating that the does not have OCD.

"eBillme, I have a shopping confession. When I shop, I feel the need to straighten all the hangers. I was in retail for 4 years and I still walk past a rack and pat the hangers to make them even and pull the garments forward. I also hang up all the clothes in the dressing room, even when they aren't mine! With all that work, I should get paid to shop!"

June Video Winner

Congratulations to Sarah Watson who confessed that she returned her 16GB iPod for an 8GB one and bought some *new outfits* with the extra cash!

May Video Winner

A great big thanks to Jacob Stein for telling us all about his addiction to video games. A funny story and cool special effects have earned Jacob $1000! That should help to fund at least a few more sleepless nights in "8-bit hell".

May Text Winner

Jacqueline loves shoes - and by winning the shopping confessions contest for May, she can buy more of them!

"eBillme, I have a shopping confession...my name is Jackie and I am a SHOPAHOLIC. It never seems to amaze me, wherever I go, I have the ultimate urge to shop, that is why I am in debt. I have a passion and obsession for shoes, clothes and handbags (not necessarily in that order). My husband always said that I have a "champagne taste on a limited beer budget". I own 95 pairs of shoes and counting- I have them categorized by color and type, I have handbags mainly designer and clothes that still have tags on them. Any sane person thinks that I am crazy because at times I really find it hard justifying purchases that I have to hide them. Another website that gets me in trouble and started my craze is eBay. Even my license plate states that I am an EBYADCT...if I can shop all day long for the rest of my life...I would die in peace.

April Video Winner

California's Cory Watson came clean and told the world how he spent his tax return on movies - without telling his wife that the check had come in. But, hopefully she'll forgive him now that he's won $1000! Better make sure you let her spend some of this money, Cory!

March Video Winner

Congratulations to Vancouver resident, Devon Ash! He absentmindedly walked out of a store without paying for a sweet pair of designer sunglasses, but had the integrity (guilt) to fess up, go back, and pay for them. In this case, it pays to be honest - since coming clean has earned him a $1000 shopping spree!

March Text Winner

Gamers everywhere will know what Katie's talking about in her Final Fantasy VII confession.

"eBillme, I have a shopping confession. A very foreign confession in more ways than one. You see, it's not a purchase I would normally make and it took me a few months to actually brave myself to do it. It is also a Japanese product. The product in question is the Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core PSP set. I doubt anyone but gamers would understand what it is, so I will explain. Final Fantasy VII is a huge game in the Final Fantasy series, and began in 1997. For the ten year anniversary, Square-Enix designed a slim and lite PSP, and customized it into a Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary PSP. With it came the game FFVII: Crisis Core (in Japanese), a collectible wrist strap, and customized earphones that go with the PSP. You might be wondering why I wanted to keep it a secret. Well, folks, it cost me $420. I could have bought a PS3 instead or even went on eBay and used that money to buy a ridiculously priced Wii. But no, I went and performed the action only a true FFVII fan would: I bought that PSP. My parents would kill me if they found out how much money I spent on it, so they still don't know. And I don't plan on letting them find out any time soon. So, here is to everyone in the world knowing except my parents! eBillme, I have a shopping confession.

February Video TV Winner

Congratulations to Michigan's Christine Kearcher! Her embarrassing confession detailed the horror of having her mother-in-law discover the "intimate" presents that Christine had bought to celebrate Valentines Day with her husband.

February Text Winner

Ann Maravilla of Palatine, Illinois, found the strength to rearrange furniture to accommodate a stylish new rug and then came up with a convincing argument as to why she deserved to keep her extravagant purchase.

"ebillme, i have a shopping confession---One day, I went shopping w a girlfriend at a high end furniture store. As we were browsing at different showroom displays, I saw this 8x10 zebra print hand knotted rug. My girlfriend said"THAT rug would look awesome in your living room!!" The salesman had approached us and he told me that if I wanted to, i can take the rug home today, try it out, see how it looks and if I didnt like it, i can return it. I asked how much the rug was and he said it was $2300.00. I didnt plan to go home with a rug that day, but i figured, what have i got to lose...if it didnt look good in my living room, i can take it back.

I had plenty of time before my husband came home from work, so i agreed to take the rug with me.

The rug was very heavy but i managed to drag it out of my SUV, drag it into the house---it was going underneath a solid marble coffee table. Being just 5'1 and 120#, with much ambition,I found the strength to move this coffee table that must weigh about 300 pounds. It's one of those coffee tables that comes in 3 pieces, 2 triangular bases and a top that sits like a puzzle on the top.

I wrestled the table to the side of the room, piece by piece and an inch at a time because it was too heavy to lift it. Exhausted but still excited to see how this rug is going to look, I rolled out the carpet where i wanted it to be and arranged the marble coffee table back to its place so i can see the full effect of this rug in the room. It was a much more difficult task than i had anticipated because the top part of this table is not sitting properly and I had to make several adjustments with the 2 base for it to fit correctly. At this point, I was thoroughly exhausted and panicked because my husband is due to come home any minute. The rug did look amazing in the room. My husband believes in minimal decorating so i knew that he would not approve of this purchase. I had to come up with a creative plan to convince him that we need this rug.

He came home, noticed the new rug, and asked where it came from. I said, I saw it in the furniture store and thought it would look good in our living room. I asked if he liked it and he said "NO". I had to think quickly of an occasion that I can use to justify my purchase...and luckily it was a few weeks away from Mother's day. So, I said, "maybe this can be my mother's day gift". He said, "I dont like it." I then replied, "Well, if it's a mother's day gift for me, why do you have to like it? what matters is, I LIKE IT." With that said, he replied, "well, thats true." Needless to say, I kept the beautiful rug, enjoyed it immensely!! The truth is, I could've returned it but I was just too exhausted from lifting that 300 pound coffee table and could not find any energy or strength to move things around and roll that rug back up, then haul it into my truck and back to the store. ebill me, this is my shopping confession"

January Video

The contest is off to a great start! Craig Kerfoot of Plymouth, Michigan gave us a chuckle when he revealed that his resolution to get fit has resulted in a slimmer bank account, but not a smaller waistline.

January Text Winner

Colleen Watson is proof that giving can be just as rewarding as receiving. She confessed that she makes a special effort to give gifts that she can share with the lucky recipient.

"eBillme, I have a shopping confession.

My friends will tell you that I am the most generous gift giver - selfless and caring, always choosing the most thoughtful present. But - what they don't realize is that I tend to always find gifts that benefit me too.

Want examples?

My girlfriend had surgery and she was confined to bed for a few weeks. To help her pass the time, I bought her a best selling book. The catch? It was something that I'd been dying to read myself and I made sure to 'borrow' it back as soon as she was finished. And then I kept it.

To celebrate my sister's birthday, I gave her a gift card for our favourite coffee shop. Then I made sure to go with her - we picked out identical travel mugs, two lattes, and one lemon cranberry scone (to share of course) - all bought and paid for with her gift card.

To celebrate an anniversary, I bought a bottle of my favourite wine, and new bed linens that I wanted - and thoroughly enjoyed sleeping on.

To celebrate a birthday for another friend, I purchased a restaurant gift card, and then I gave him the dates that I would be available to eat out.

I ALMOST broke out of my selfish pattern when I recently found the perfect scarf for my best friend's birthday. Then I realized this was something we couldn't share. So, I bought two.

eBillme, my confession is that I always give the gift that keeps on giving back to me."