This document outlines a study exploring how nostalgia influences compensatory consumption behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. It first reviews literature on how the pandemic increased boredom and nostalgia. It then proposes hypotheses about the relationships between boredom, nostalgia, browsing online, and impulse buying. The study developed a model and measures to test these relationships. Results found nostalgia is positively related to compensatory behaviors like online shopping. The implications are that marketers can leverage nostalgic appeals and increase online advertising to capture revenue from pandemic-related emotions. The document concludes by suggesting ways to broaden the study's generalizability.