My shopping style.
Shopping is what every woman loves to do and most of the men hate.
I too love shopping but at the same time it is a big dilemma for me because I am always confused about buying stuff when there is too much choice. Here in the US, November-December is the best time to shop around to look for good deals. I usually get caught in the gift items, kitchen gadgets, and cosmetics sections. I just spend hours in looking around in these sections and of course end up buying something small.
When I was new in US, I used to always convert Dollars into Rupees while shopping! As a result of this, at the end, I would come out of a store with nothing. Slowly I am changing this habit.
I love to go to shopping with my husband but sometimes I prefer to go alone. I want to go with the husband because then I don’t have to pay from my pocket and his choice is better than mine. Sometimes I prefer to go alone because he is always in rush and he looks for branded stuff, which is more expensive and me being a housewife, have to compromise with brands and get some generic, cheap stuff. I am one of those people who don’t want to pay full price for any item. I will wait for good deals. For day-to-day items also I buy them in bulk if found on sale, even though I have stock at home.
Shopping doesn’t mean you have to go to malls or stores. You can shop online also. It may happen sometime that the particular item you look in the store is available at a lower price on internet. However, don’t always look for lower price, as there are other things to consider as well for example, shipping and handling, insurance, warranty and return policy. Another disadvantage of online shopping is the risk of identity theft and fraud if you buy from an unreliable website.
I don’t prefer to buy jewelry, handbags or clothes online because although the presentation of these items is very good and attractive, when you actually receive them, you find them not so great and often of cheap quality. I have to touch and feel these things before buying.
One thing I was not in big favor of was using coupons while shopping for grocery and some household items. Recently, I learned from some friends that you can actually save a lot of money by using such coupons, so I am planning to use them religiously going forward! My other weakness is to buy things just because they are on sale, even though I don’t NEED them. I am slowly overcoming this problem by deciding between WANTS and NEEDS.
How do you shop?
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This reminds me of an old joke.
ReplyDeleteWhen a man needs a pair of blue jeans, he goes to the mall and finds exactly the right store, goes in and 15 minutes and $30 later he comes out with a pair of blue jeans.
When a woman needs a pair of blue jeans, she goes to the mall. 3 hours and $300 later, she comes out with a couple of pair of shoes, some candles, few t-shirts, chocolates and few other things not including blue jeans.
Wow .. never though so much about something as simple as shopping.. I guess its because i shop on impulse; (totally opposite of what Meghna does) like it buy it. No looking for better bargains etc.
ReplyDeleteGuess…. what bhabi has pointed on her shopping pattern on internet is quite interesting.. and which also is the reason why "M-commerce and the E- commerce" didn't take away as it was projected to be... as humans our decisions are based on a combination of senesces... such as visual , taste smell and feel.... as rightly pointed out by her we are not comfortable to buy clothing on net because we need to gauge the quality of cloth before we buy it.
ReplyDeleteKudos bhabi for the first post on the blog…