do you shop out of necessity, or for fun?

cloths - shopping for fun
Israel
October 17, 2009 6:45am CST
for a year or two out of my life I spent a lot of money simply because I felt like shopping. since then, I know better and only shop for cloths if there is an actual need. how about you? do you go shopping for fun, of out of need?
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8 responses
• Philippines
24 Oct 09
I actually go for both.I shop when it's out of necessity.I have to buy stuff I need.at the same time,I shop for fun.I shop to de-stress.I love shopping,but I am not a shopaholic.
• Israel
24 Oct 09
de-stressing is a good reason to shop:)
• Philippines
22 Oct 09
wow!! i LOOOVE shopping!! Usually i go out because i know i've got some important things to buy!! but the while at the mall, you'll never know what would happen, like you might see that fashionable glasses that you've been dying to have! and not to mention it's on sale! or that sexy boots that you've been itching to score ..phew! Kinda like these items lure you to get them..hehehe.. not minding that REASON that you went to the mall was just to buy some important grocery items... Hmmmmmmm.. For me i'd day that i go shop for both, but it'll be much FUN if you shop for those WANTS instead of the NEEDS.. ^_^
• Israel
22 Oct 09
wow, you must be the first to love to shop just because ^^ and the way you put it actually made me want to go shopping myself
@saizo6 (2199)
• United States
18 Oct 09
I've never really gone on a shopping spree before. I just don't have the patience to spend hours browsing through clothes. So, I tend to avoid it if possible. I basically only shop for clothes if I really need it. I'm not a fan of spontaneous clothes shopping because most of the time I end up hating whatever it is I bought and I never wear it.
• Israel
19 Oct 09
that's how spontaneous shopping sprees usually end- with a bunch of unwanted, unworn cloths.
@cjfoust (614)
• United States
18 Oct 09
I usually just shop out of necessity. Every now and then I will get in a shopping mood, but it doesn't happen often. I don't like spending my money on things I don't need, especially these days.
• Israel
18 Oct 09
especially since cloths aren't food, so unless there is actual need to get a new item..
@shally_hh (418)
• China
17 Oct 09
I go shopping only when i have to buy necessity for life,although i would like to enjoy shopping,unfortunately,at present,i don't have enough money to afford the cost of it and i do not have much time either because i am busy in working everyday.
• Israel
17 Oct 09
not having any free time stops me shopping even out of necessity:(
@mmbabymm (35)
• United States
20 Oct 09
mostly i shop for my kids for fun! i love seeing them in new clothes and cute little outfits. it's just gonna suck when they get older and they won't fit into their cute outfits anymore
• Israel
21 Oct 09
that is a shame. my mother mentioned something like that XD
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
19 Oct 09
I shop when I need to, as I can think of better things to do than trail around the shops. However, we live in Spain, and we have some fabulous street markets, so when I wander around the markets I consider I'm shopping for fun.
• Philippines
17 Oct 09
i have learned my lesson and i am now more wise in shopping. in the past, after we do our grocery shopping, we just go around the other store's departments. my daughter and i usually go to the clothes and shoes department. we end up buying something that we don't really need. we buy because we like the item. we are no longer buying things because we like the item. we are now exercising restraint in our shopping. if we don't need it, we won't buy it anymore.
• Israel
17 Oct 09
That’s about my philosophy in a nutshell. If there is no actual need for it, why spend money on it?