Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Reflection of a shopaholic
Shopaholic I am. Many times, a complusive and implusive one I am. Yet there are times I'm such a detailed and cognitive shopper that I'll give a thought more than 2 cents. Haha..
Shopping.. I always find joy in retail therapy. But my greatest flaw when it's comes to retail therapy, my wallet usually burns a gigantic hole when I shop with a super low and bad mood. What do I usually do when I'm in a super bad mood? I like to go to the supermarket, push a trolley and throw into the cart whatever I see. BAD Bad bad!!!!! But it does feel good to see a cart piled with stuff. Haha...
Recently I fell in love with shopping at pushcarts stores and flea markets. It's so amazing that you can find fabulous things at these places. Well, perhaps many of you dont know that I got most of my accessories which many said, are very beautiful, from these pushcarts and fleamarkets.
One pushcart which I frequent is this one at Raffles City, Level 3. If I remember correctly, it's located near to the entrance of Robinsons toy dept. Most of their accessories are from Korea.
The only fleamarket I go to is the one at far east square, near Chinatown. It's open every sunday and you can find many good lobangs there. One good thing about shopping at fleamarket is that you can bargain and bargain. I love bargaining prices. I'm not a bimbo k. I'm a smart shopper.
Oh, not forgetting that I actually bought my new wallet and card holder from the pushcart in my school. Both imported from Japan. So lovely. Woho.. Cheap too. Hehe...
Well, my greatest goal of the year: cut down on any impulsive and unnecessary purchase. My greatest discovery is that in order to cut down on my spending, the best way is to minimize the amount of money in my wallet. The best is not to have more than $20 in the wallet. Although I've 2 debit cards, I just had to keep telling myself that I've no money in the bank. NO money. Haha.. Self-psycho..
Recently bought a new OP PINK bowling bag. Suet can tell you how crazy I was about it. I saw it on the streets twice, so I went to find it at the OP in Jurong Point, but the shop assistant told me that no more liao, even warehouse also dun have. I was even more determined to find it. It so happen that Suet also like that bag. Haha.. All the more it shows that my taste is right. I went to all the OP in Orchard and all told me sold out. So I called the outlet at Great World. Praise God. They've got the last new piece. I immediately reserved it and the next day, it was MINE!!! Haha.. Well I concluded that when I set my eye on a thing, and if I dun get it, I'm all the more even more determine to make it mine. Haha... Well.. perhaps also cos of my recent obsession with bags. Haha...
Detailed and smart shopper I am cos I dun shop impulsively anyhow. For instance, my purchase of my new PINK bible last sunday. Yesh.. It's PINK. When placed next to my pink OP bag, it's so PINK PINK!!!!! Haha... Back to the story of bible buying. Have been hunting around for a bible since last Nov. Yesh.. That's long. Cos I havent set my eye on any one. Either the design is not what I want, or the version is not the regular one which my church and I normally use, or best of all, the price is not within my budget. The last few Attributes bible sales din bring down the bible prices to my budget. But God is good after all. This easter, finally the prices of all the 3 bibles which I've been considering fell within my budget. I bought a new hot pink pocket bible in NKJV. Hehe.. I'm gonna use it this week. Yipee.
Shop, shop, shop... Will my shopping trip to HK this summer become a reality?
OH, i'm so in love with victorian at {/6:22 PM}
