sod this, i'm going shopping

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because i am having an ***all-round shitty*** day and i think that spending money will help me. so what should i buy? it doesn't have to be BIG at all (in fact the smaller/cheaper the better cos it ain't pay day yet baby!). i am thinking: odd food items, second hand books, maybe a BELT as my trousers keep falling down... do you go shopping when you get pissed off? and if you do, are you worried about turning into one of those credit cardoholics who run up 80000 pound debts?

― katie (katie), Friday, 23 August 2002 10:47 (twenty-three years ago)

i am far too sensible for shopaholism i fear. but i (worryingly) do find it oddly therapeutic... hey! i have a wedding tomorrow! i might need a NEW OUTFIT...

― katie (katie), Friday, 23 August 2002 10:49 (twenty-three years ago)

always got rec shopping once a week and sometimes when i have a bad day i do go. its not the shopping so much as the walk towards the shop. the wandering around makes me reflect on what I had done wrong. if i go home i just put on the TV and i just watch it (whatevevr is on) which i tend to find depressing (i luv TV BTW).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 23 August 2002 10:53 (twenty-three years ago)

The last time I was in such a mood, I went and bought me a Juicy Tube. My lips are now flavoured of cassis. It is surprisingly uplifting as I rarely get excited about girly make-uppy products.

Some news that will surely cheer you up, katie: Alison Moyet is back! yeah!

― nickie (nickie), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I find that it is dangerous for me to go near Berwick Street in this sort of mood (for non-Londoners, that's the home of a bunch of good second hand music shops), unless I am rich (which I never am), because I spend a fortune. A single visit to a decent second hand bookshop fits the bill better for me.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Ooooh, you are so lucky you live in London! I bet they sell stripey ribbon there. Get some stripey ribbon at Liberty or Peter Jones and a couple of D-rings and make yourself a stripey belt!

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:31 (twenty-three years ago)

(uh, and the answers to your questions are yes and my GOODNESS yes.)

― felicity (felicity), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:33 (twenty-three years ago)

It is at times like this, Katie, that you should be grateful you do not work a stone's throw from huge TopShop and have a staff account card for huge TopShop which makes you think it doesn't count as properly spending money. Which of course it does. The number of times I have stomped out of the office after a bad day, headed for the tube station but somehow become waylaid by all the shiny pretty things and had to go in just to buy a little something to perk me up a bit...

― Emma, Friday, 23 August 2002 11:38 (twenty-three years ago)

How about some kind of cuddly deer-like creature?

Or see my suggestion on the hat thread.

― Graham (graham), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:51 (twenty-three years ago)

in times like this, i buy myself peanut lion bars, hob nobs, a box of pens, or a skirt of some sort. shoes are pretty ok too ...

― maura (maura), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes to both questions. Maybe I ought to be glad that not many clothes in regular stores fit me--that's surely saved me from any number of impulse purchases over the years.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I wring my hands of the society that believes that buying things makes as feel better. Everone knows dropping coins in the gutter is the secret to true happiness.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 23 August 2002 11:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Shopping does cheer me up too - BUT now I have huge guilt pangs before the purchase of any item over £40 - or over any item more than £10 if I have spent more than £30 in the previous week on not-important things. I ran out of money once and no one bailed me out, so I had to sell things. That pretty much cured me of shopaholism. (j.lus note that not being an easy size makes impulse clothes shopping harder - is very true for me as a size 16 - and have big feet)

I have found a strange amount of pleasure lately in re-discovering past purchases. My diet has proven effective and today I wore a pair of jeans that I haven't worn in well over a year. I also pull out CDs that I never really listed to, and listen to them first before going to a record shop.

So after rereading the above, it seems that my recommended action if shopping gets out of hand appears to be to gain weight. (?)

― marianna, Friday, 23 August 2002 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

heh gaining weight is NOT a problem - i have ballOONED over the last couple of months. bah must make my gym membership MEAN something rather than being too tired to go all the time and wasting all the money. CHIZ. in the end i bought a nice scarf with !!!!tassells!!!! that will ahem lemd a twist to whatever i end up wearing at the wedding. i was tempted by many many other shiny things also but resisted yay! and also, i bought some chocolate soya milk yum.

― katie (katie), Friday, 23 August 2002 12:10 (twenty-three years ago)

luckily being in ilford, all the shops are shite otherwise i coiuld have been a lot poorer. but i am thinking of getting another HAT on the way home (mmm accessorise in Liverpool st station how i love thee)

― katie (katie), Friday, 23 August 2002 12:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Shopping when feeling zonked, annoyed, in need = classic. But definitely shop for things like used CDs or books in such cases -- you might not spend less, but you'll get much more value for your money. That said, I haven't used any credit cards for purchases in a couple of years, and that's a very good thing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 August 2002 12:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Being broke has meant I have cut down a lot on shopping so now barely buy anything and have a lack of joy in shops because I know I will not or REALLY should not buy anything so shopping feasts tend to be depressing unless something really REALLY cheap.

On saying that I want to go to Sainsburys on the way home and buy brussels sprouts and bacon. But I am supposed to be going out instead and quite frankly post 3 pints at lunchtime I would just like to go home and drink beer and be mellow...

― Sarah (starry), Friday, 23 August 2002 13:11 (twenty-three years ago)

i've got a shed-load of make up and records that i've purchased while on a downer, go for it, it'll make you feel better.

― Leigh, Friday, 23 August 2002 14:06 (twenty-three years ago)

alas shopping requires money, or at the very least, credit cards that arent already maxed out

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 23 August 2002 14:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Budget-minded (or anal-retentive) soln: I sit and make huge lists of all the CDs and food items and clothes and books and &c &c I want to buy. Then spend ages narrowing these lists down. Then I decide how much money I can afford this time out and choose a few most wanted/needed/favourite items and go buy them. It's cheery and gives my shopping expeditions a feeling of purpose, yet offers that armchair vicarious thrill. Sort of.

― Poppy (poppy), Friday, 23 August 2002 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

haha i do that list thing to. OR i make the big list and then spend all my money on a book i wasn't planning on buying, or something. i think i'd still do that if i had a job though.

― Maria (Maria), Friday, 23 August 2002 18:52 (twenty-three years ago)

yes. bad day = arvo' (or an hour) in Berwick St.

― chrisb (chrisb), Friday, 23 August 2002 23:56 (twenty-three years ago)

buy me some trousers katie

also i need a blender

but i do own a hello kitty toaster and an afro ken keychain

i bought them today

― anthony easton (anthony), Saturday, 24 August 2002 01:31 (twenty-three years ago)

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