I've noticed a lot of people enjoy shopping as a means to make them happy... whether it be clothes, books, dvds, gadgets, cameras...etc....

 

But this doesn't really work for me. I don't really enjoy shopping. I don't enjoy spending money I don't have on things I don't really need. In fact the only time I like browsing is in charity shops - maybe it's because I can justify buying a £1 book ...

 

anyway...does retail therapy work for you?

Yes, it makes me feel sooooo happy to feel confident in what I'm wearing!

I love shopping :lol: Especially shoes ... and dresses.

it doesnt make everything better for me, to buy something when i feel down, but it kinda worked a bit yesterday. i'd been eyeing this one bag and i had such a bad day that i just went in and bought it. i felt a bit better for a while.

Buying a nice shirt and SHOES(!) and all makes me feel happy for a little bit...but at the end of the day I still feel the same way I do.

 

If it were a book or a movie, it might be different, because once I enjoy reading/watching it, it might make me feel better about my feelings and make me contemplate.

I like shopping.. but it's not my favorite thing to do...

If it were a book or a movie, it might be different, because once I enjoy reading/watching it, it might make me feel better about my feelings and make me contemplate.

 

Good idea, reading a book should help. I just bought this new one called 'The Last Days'- it's about a rock band with a vampire for a leadsinger :P

shopping is fun sometimes when you know what you want but it's blah when you see awesomely nice clothes and then when you try them on they look like poo :/

 

cameras are fun though, BUT EXPENSIVE........I want to buy a polariod camera :heart:

I want a cool camera, because the one I have is really cheap. Retail therapy doesn't always work for me, only every now and then...

shopping is fun sometimes when you know what you want but it's blah when you see awesomely nice clothes and then when you try them on they look like poo :/

cameras are fun though, BUT EXPENSIVE........I want to buy a polariod camera :heart:

 

unfortunately that happens to me all the time,boo.

or then they're just a bit too expensive and after some thinking i almost every time come to the conclusion that i don't actually NEED it..so i won't buy it.

 

Plus i never have enough money to actually just buy whatever i want! I always check the price first :P

 

And i feel bad after i've bought clothes..i don't know why! but i just always get the feeling that i used the money on something useless..

hell yeah, it helps a lot.

just the feeling you get when wearing new stuff that looks good on you - that is priceless.

O yes.

Hate shopping in general, but shoe-shopping is a completely different story.

 

Shoes, glorious shoes!!!

I love shopping.