I'm not a perfectionist. Intense, ambitious, and driven - yes; perfectionist, absolutely not. Needing everything to be perfect = ineffectiveness. I think perfectionism is routed in insecurity and self esteem issues, disguised as "high standards."
Per tbestes' point - here's an excerpt from wikopedia's piece on shopping addiction disorder:
This disorder is often linked to emotional deprivations in childhood, an inability to tolerate negative feelings, the need to fill an internal void, excitement seeking, excessive dependency, approval seeking, perfectionism, general impulsiveness and compulsiveness, and the need to gain control (DeSarbo and Edwards 1996, Faber et al. 1987, Benson, 2000). Compulsive buying seems to represent a search for self in people whose identity is neither firmly felt nor dependable. Most shopaholics try to counteract feelings of low self-esteem through the emotional lift and momentary euphoria provided by compulsive shopping. These shoppers, who also experience a higher than normal rate of associated disordersdepression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, and impulse-control disordersmay be using their symptom to self-medicate.
Unfortunately, you see far too much of this in Manhattan, where the obscene amounts of money and time that some women have, allows them to get far into the so-called "self medication" of shopping without any pressure to stop or to get help.
One last thought - is a perfectionist someone who never makes a mistake? If someone is a perfectionist, under this definition, that person would have never bought and sold a bag, because every decision that make would have been perfect. Discuss among yourselves!