On Shopping
While I’m on blog hiatus, I’m re-posting some entries from my archives. Lord willing, I’ll be back to writing new content in a few weeks – see you then!
I’m a girly girl in many ways, but not when it comes to shopping. I don’t mind window shopping, and I love book shopping (even though my wallet sure doesn’t). I don’t even mind shopping alone, especially when I’m not desperately searching for one much-needed item. But I am never going to be a girl who tries to think of a fun activity and comes up with shopping.
And I usually get most restless when I’m shopping with other girls/women. I think it’s all those long hours I spent in stores with my indecisive female family members when I was growing up. Girls shop so slowly. They wander along, halting every minute or two to look at something, finger it, debate about color and pattern and whether it’s figure-flattering or whether it would look good with the room decor or whether it’s too expensive or unnecessary or completely perfect in every aspect. They don’t seem to have any sense of the passing time, or of how long we’ve spent under the glaring lights of the department store. They can’t leave until they’re perfectly satisfied with their purchases, and they absolutely cannot decide on one single purchase in anything less than half an hour.
And the worst thing about shopping? I always get so dreadfully thirsty. I don’t know what it is. I should learn to bring water with me.
So, with all that being said, I’m off to go shopping with my lovely friends! Oh, the bitter irony.
(originally published September 15th, 2007)
AMEN!! I’ve got it down to a science. If I need something, I look on the website to see it they even have it first so I can get in and out quickly! and even then if I am in a store if nothing “grabs” my attention immediatly, then I forgo the perusing. Now books, like you said, ahem… is something different. I spend hours in Barnes and Noble.
I agree! I like shopping if there is something certain that I want to get and even then I won’t spend all say on it.
We better never go shopping together…I am definitely one of those indecisive women you speak of 
I don’t like shopping with others because I am afraid they will get impatient with me or not want to take time to look at the same things I do!
The main reason I hate shopping, though, is that it never fails to bring out the ugly “gimme”s in my heart. When I go to the mall or to Target, I have an unending lust for STUFF; I find myself feeling discontented and musing over all the things that I want but can’t or shouldn’t spend money on. Better for my heart and my wallet to just stay home! I will never understand people who list shopping as a favorite hobby or activity.
Hey, I am not indecisive. My problem is being too impulsive. But I am SURE you were not speaking of me.
I totally concur!
Unless it is book shopping, I am bored and tired within the first 30 minutes. My feet always start hurting too. Oh well, a girl has to do what a girl has to do.