Retail therapy

[mayfly_78]

I try hard to cut down on my shopping habits, but its hard. I like buying stuff! I know its very materialistic of me, and that I don't have the money or the space, but its hard to kick bad habits. In any case most of the stuff I made my mother buy me as a birthday present.

Comments

[germankitty]

Yay retail therapy!

Love the cardi; I agree on the practicality, but also wish one didn't have to wear a shirt or blouse under them. (Twice the laundry = Bad!Thing! :P)

[mayfly_78]

There is something so satisfying about going shopping.

I actually have a couple of thin cotton cardigans that I wear as tops with just a vest underneath. But a woollen one would be too scratchy to do that.

[germankitty]

Not if you opt for cashmere. :-) I splurged on a cashmere cardigan last fall to go with a pair of dress pants (and a classic white blouse), and it's incredibly soft. Wouldn't want to wear it on bare skin though -- with my hot flashes (thank you, menopause), any kind of wool is nigh unwearable.

And yeah, totally agree on the shopping -- years ago, when I first did Weight Watchers, I rewarded myself with a new garment every 10 pounds or so. I lost 47kg in all back then ... which added up to a LOT of new clothes! *grins* Best thing? I could soo justify each piece, as of course I was continually shrinking out of my old stuff for 13 months and naturally HAD to replace things as I did so ... *whistles innocently*

[rainbowstevie]

Drawn from the LJ homepage like a moth to flame at the word "shopping." Everything here is gorgeous! The style on the raincoat...buttons? clasps? is especially neat.

[mayfly_78]

Hehe, we are all joined by our common love of shopping!

Those are called toggles and they are awesome! I have this gorgeous woollen winter duffle coat with toggles and I love it to bits:

[ragnarok_08]

Hooray for retail therapy :D

[mayfly_78]

Yeah!

[snorkackcatcher]

You picked a colour, then? :) I'm sure it'll look good.

[mayfly_78]

Yeah, I took the plunge and decided. And today a woman came into the shop I work wearing the exact coat I want in the mustard yellow colour. And it looked good...

[enchanted_jae]

What lovely purchases!