Do any other ladies here not really care for shopping?

:shrug: I'm OK with it sometimes, if I'm going out with friends, but in general it's not really my thing. I need to go out and buy a dress for my (co-ed) honor fraternity's formal tonight, and all of my girlfriends are busy so it looks like I'm stuck going alone. x( I was just wondering if any other women felt the same way, or if I'm some kind of anomaly... :P :hi: Peace.

Unfortunately, I've never been thin, and I'm a college student so I'm currently not doing so great on the money issue. :( I really do need a somewhat nice dress, though, since all I have right now are a few skirts and blouses. :shrug:

otherwise, not much on the 70% off rack looks good on me, so it's not worth the hassle

Carly

:D (I'm not making fun of you - this video just came to mind when you said shoes, because I'm a goofball like that.) :hi: Peace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z2ZmRVnP0Q

ohmahgawd--shooooz!

One of my co-workers this past summer introduced me to that...good times. :hi:

so i'm sitting there and after about 3 minutes "Anastasia, there better be some pay off" omg i hate that clip so much.

I'm with you, sweetie...

I'll do it if I have to...

But, I much prefer to shop via catalog! I have several that I trust, and it's sooooooooo much easier!

You are not an anomaly!

:hug:

but since this is kind of a last-minute thing (I hadn't been planning to go, but then I realized I'm running out of events to attend and I need to meet my quota), I don't think that would be possible. ;) Unless you know of any catalogs that can ship instantaneously? :P haha, kidding. Thanks for the reassurance - you are very sweet! :hug:

I go in and get what I need and I get out as quick as possible. I do most all my gift shopping online.

We passed some outlets yesterday, and my sweetie jokingly asked if i wanted to stop... i smacked him & said only if he wanted to drag my dead body around... a little morbid maybe, LOL... i am on a MISSION when i shop so i can get in and out as fast as possible!!!


(Edited to add, good luck finding the dress!)

:loveya: :grouphug:

I was in the land of no-internet last weekend... then had a friend in town all week... i've been in DU withdrawal!!!

:loveya: :hug:

I was in it for like a year. My skin actually turned GREY from withdrawal!! I missed you too, doll-face!

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Hubby loves to walk the mall, I detest it!

give me a big Salvation Army any day

I don't even like to shop with friends. And I don't think being thin or having lots of money would motivate me to like it either.

I make myself go shopping a couple of times a year just to check out all the fashions and sytles and colors that are in vogue. But I rarely buy anything when doing so.

If I need to buy something then usually my excursion is limited to just that purpose - assuming I don't buy the item online.

Kind of a cruel joke by God, apparently.

Love book shopping, though.:9

:loveya:

RL

I could stay in a bookstore upward 5 hours. In a clothes store downward 5 minutes. Unless someone had snuck me some heroin first, and that is that.:loveya: :yourock:

just say the word and you can have it all to yourself to shop, just like Elvis. :D

:hi:

RL

And music shopping, and buying gifts for other people sometimes...but not clothes shopping. In fact, I was going to specify that in the thread title, but I feared the copycats it would spawn... :scared: :rofl: :hi:

:D :D :D :D :D Book stores perpetuate a feeling of being in the sort of club anyone can join. And the respect people show each other in them is amazing.

:D I especially love going into old/rare book shops - I love the way old books smell for some reason, and the whole atmosphere is just so cool! :hi: We have one here in Williamsburg, and the first time my friends and I went there, we were so entranced by the whole thing that we didn't notice we were the only people in there after a while...it was 45 minutes past closing time when the shop owner kindly asked us to leave so she could close up! :blush: She was very nice about the whole thing, and I've been back several times when I have a little extra time and I want to do some browsing (and maybe purchasing, if I have some extra cash and see something I like). :)

HATE IT!

:* I KNEW you were one of us!!! *MMMMMMWWWWWAAAAHHHHH*

Honey, I even hate it more than before, and I have to hear the word "cute" upward of 300 times a day. Women try on PANTIES in the dressing rooms. Do you ever get riled up "seeing a 'pull' on a sweater"? some people actually do! Life's a shit sandwich sometimes. :cry:

I can't stand the smell of used clothes. And at Goodwill, they STILL want a discount if there is a pull somewhere on a sweater, or a button missing, or a stain---FUCK! YOU'RE IN GOODWILL FOR CRISSAKES AND THE SWEATER IS ONLY 2.99!

Forget dressing rooms. I despise those upright coffins with the mirror that makes you look great but then when you get the thing home you look like a fat fuck.

a lot, but there's a depressing pathos to trying one someone's duds in a mirrored coffin. I never try shit on, I grab it & get tf out. I'm aware of my size somewhat. When a woman asks me in the store I work in if this would look as cute as that I never know what to say.

I worked at LL Bean in North Conway way back when. We slacker employees had the motto of "never make eye contact with the customer." If you did, you were fucked. They wanted you to run and get them another size---in an outlet! Or they asked about baby sizes. Screw that, I can barely figure out small medium and large, never mind 3 month, 6 month, 18 month. We should all be naked anyhow.

Oh, wait. Maybe I'm thinking of Bass Pro Shops. How I'd love to work in one of those if I had to do retail.

As it is where I work, if someone wants a discount they stare at the sweater or something with HUGE approximated gravity and say "are you sure you don't have another one of those?" (like we keep them in the back) or "what can we do about this?" (life's a shit sandwich, fraulein. suck it up) or "There's a spot on this. Could you call another store & see if they have the same without a spot?" (put it through the washer. Does the trick)


Don't know size no's either. Don't care either. But I'm turning out to be a good actor. :P

I used to assist manage a retail store in North Conway. Anytime a customer gave me shit, I just stopped and stared at them without saying anything back. They got confused and ended up leaving. It's not worth getting into it with any of them. They become monsters on the other side of the cash register.

And perfume... maybe. That's about it.

You are too right/sweet/cute/smart/well-adjusted for words.

I shop best on the internet and if my sister or husband won't go with me to a store I have a horrible time making myself go.

I don't like malls, department stores or anything like them.

I like hardware stores, bookstores and fabric stores...

and make me look horrid. x(

I love shopping for books, and I love shopping for gifts for other people.

But me and clothes shopping are NOT a good mix.

but i could never put my finger on it x(

I can look at myself in the mirror at home, and thing, "Not bad."

Then I get to the store, catch a look at myself in the dressing room mirror, and want to cry.

My thought is, "How the HELL did I gain 50 pounds between home and the store?" :cry:

:toast: :hi:

The end. No clothes. I HATE clothes-shopping.

Shopping in general is stoooopid, IMO.

but I have waxing and waning on my shopping

really I generally would rather shop online

I also like to go and get something and am not a big look arounder type, except I will look a options online sometimes before I decide what it is that I want.

I HATE to be sold to in a store, I don't know why. I like someone to ask if I need help, and if I do to answer questions but not the hard sell.

Okay,

now why did I post here since I'm not a woman?

:shrug:

because I can?

:rofl:

I thought you said "I hate being sold in a store" (my brain left out the all-important "to") and instantly envisioned little SPK action figures on the shelves. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

And you are welcome to post in this thread as well, dear friend - I just said "ladies" because in my experience, women seem to like shopping more than men do (in general, anyway). :hi:

My name is lost and I'm a shopaholic.....


I LOVE to shop.......
love, love, love it....
clothes, shoes, books, music, furniture, well you get the idea.....

I shop on line and in stores....
doesn't matter....
Don't hate me...... :(

lost

:hug: I kind of wish I enjoyed shopping more...but on the other hand, it's probably better for my wallet that I don't. ;) :pals: :hi:

but I don't have the patience to look around one store for more than ten minutes. I browse quickly, zero in on what I want, and buy it if I have the money.

I even hate to grocery shop. Going to the Mall is not my idea of a cool way to spend free time. Never liked it and I never will.

I'm old and fat and nothing looks good on me, and all the jeans are cut so your flab hangs over the waistband (frankly, those pants look terrible on just about everybody) and those skimpy little tight tops that the flab falls out from under, and it seems like they don't even make clothes for people older than 19, so I just hang on to my old stuff, hoping it outlasts me.

I don't mind browsing around in bookstores, though.

Clothes, electronics, new furniture, all of it.

I can spend hours in a mall just going from store to store looking at the newest styles and buying pieces that compliment the season.

It's all good :)

Edit- I'm also a dude :P

My husband likes to, so he does all the grocery shopping. I only go clothes shopping when it's a necessity.

ed. Bookstores I like. That's it.

if i had scads of money i could go shopping a lot, but i'd get bored with it soon enough even if i had a lot of money.

Exception: Book stores. Stop me before I buy again.

When I really need something that I can't make for myself, I know what I want, know what I want to pay and if I can't find it in one store within 20 minutes, then I'm going home and the hell with it.

Malls are the WORST.

I have two daughters, one also eschews shopping.

One absolutely LIVES to shop.

I go about every other weekend...... :cry:

The only kind of shopping I LIKE is ...

GARAGE SALE-ING.

I LOVE poking around in other people's
junk. It doesn't matter if I buy anything
or not. And you NEVER know what you're
going to find....

I haven't seen the inside of a mall for years. If I do have to go, I use non-mall stores and go alone. I hate having to try to find something and make up my mind on things while someone else is waiting for me. I feel like I'm holding them up and then I feel rushed.

before Macy's bought out Kaufmann's. I hate Macy's. :grr:

care about the latest clothes, shoes, etc., and I don't care to shop. Except...a good day for me is to go looking around at the local antique stores to just look with no pressure. I love touching the old wooden pieces. :shrug:

Oh, and I love wandering through nurseries touching and admiring the plants.

Now, I do love going antiquing, checking out estate sales, and looking for goodies on Craigslist.
Not all the time of course.

I'm NOT a shoe freak. I have the bare minimum - sneaks, sandals for summer, some loafers for winter, and snow boots now that I'm in WI. Oh and I went out a bought some low heels to interview in.

I get what I have to get in order to be "clothed". I don't just "go shopping". I go if I HAVE to.

Dislike it so much that I make hasty, and therefore bad, choices just to get it over with.

I'd rather WORK - that is the TRUTH

like i HAVE to buy a dress or something for something coming up in less than a week and i only have a day or so to look.

i do enjoy just looking and then buying if i like something but don't really need it.

I used to enjoy shopping, but ended up with stuff I never used, and rarely wore..so I just quit doing it :)

I can't stand looking at a display for about a half an hour before making up my mind that it's what I really want..but I'm also not a browser, and just want to get the hell out of there, myself


Hardly an unbiased opinion, but what the hell...I'm just trying to hit on some of the lounge ladies, I suppose.....and this may not be a good start

edited to add: I don't mean that YOU do this, just a general kind of statement in my drunken stupor

My xmas shopping is 95% complete...all online, mind you. The only thing I plan to buy in a store is the wrapping paper, etc.

I usually know what I'm looking for, get it, and leave. There are times when I need an idea about something---usually a gift for someone---and I may have to look a little while before I find the right thing. But shopping's never been a thrill for me, nor do I hate it.

I don't hate shopping, but I don't live for it like some women I've known. A friend of mine LOVES shopping, and I've seen her get depressed when she hasn't bought anything new in a while. It's insane. :o :D

I will say I hate malls. I avoid them at all costs, especially at this time of year. :scared:

Unfortunately that means my last two trips resulted in clothes that didn't fit right and a waste of money, because I just wanted to get out of there.

and when I go I am always stumped. My sister will drop $200 on a pair of jeans and get two pair, plus three pairs of shoes that cost almost that much. And that shopping spree is weekly. Trust me. That doesn't include the nails, hair, or makeup (Sephora anyone?). My mom has a purse that costs over $600. I just nod my head tell them they look nice (which is true they are both beautiful) and go about my business. Wow, I guess I just wont spend that kind of money in my lifetime. And I am A-OK with that. My jeans cost 40 bucks and I almost died. LOL. I would rather go see the redwoods and take a trip.

I never find clothes that I like


never