Isn’t it ironic that the movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic” is in the theaters at this moment? Is this reverse stimulus package thinking ? Hmmmm.
Let’s face it boys and girls shopping is out, out, out. Getting caught in a store is down right embarrassing and a social faux pas. Quick duck into a dressing room or under a rack of dresses marked down 95% if you see anyone who looks remotely familiar.
Who wants to get caught with a bunch of blouses and a credit card in their hand? Not me. It’s become unacceptable to buy almost anything except toilet paper. And that gives me the newfangled environmental anxiety …is it green, biodegradable, chemically pure, unscented, re-scented, never been scented, landfill friendly, made from un-endangered plant life, yadayadayada? Whew, times are taxing my brain as well as wallet.
I for one am grateful for the shopping hiatus. It takes a lot of pressure off my wardrobe. I am a sneak anti-shopper. I pretend to rifle through sale racks with the girlfriends, or talk about fashion, but I’m not looking or listening. My sister and I devised a method of shopping I fondly call “drive-by shopping”. It’s cheap, time saving and requires no schlepping.
Sadly, I’ve read there are undercover buyers in our midst…women deviously shoving their pricey purchases into bags from the grocery store so as not to be labeled frivolous. Naughty naughty!
I’d like to personally thank all those fun mortgage brokers, bankers, traders, fed chiefs, and crackerjack economists for helping someone like me be in vogue. Wow, and to think all it took was RL to stand for “risky loans” and not Ralph Lauren!
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p.s. I dropped your name on Gina's post, Barb. ;)
Ralph Lauren is cool- but I prefer Liz when it comes to perfume! This article is a fun read and really, I have never enjoyed shopping as a sport… Don’t get me wrong, if I want something I will hunt it down until I find it and real in joy when I get a GREAT price…
I live in the country, my needs and wants are meager- but that special perfume now and then sure smells sweet-
I’m a huge looker but not a buyer unless you could “resale” shops, my favorite haunts. With all the losses in the stock market, I don’t plan on buying more than my pocketbook can stand (and that ain’t alot).
However, if the spirit should move me to purchase something, I keep the pricetags on, wait for the spirit to move out, and return like crazy.