Must reduce efficiency.

[puddingcat]

I wanted 4 (realistically achievable) things in the sales:

- A memory card for the camera;
- A dustbuster or equivalent I *might* hoover if I don't need to manoever a full-size thing around a shoebox-sixed house);
- One of the Top Gear DVDs I don't have; and
- Casanova on DVD.

Within 45 minutes, I had the first three. Casanova isn't reduced in Stockport town centre, so I'll leave that for later.

*Looks around, bored*

Why can't I shop like a woman?

Comments

[xambrius.livejournal.com]

I think you shop just fine.

--
Tim Harris
The Seeker
Time Lord

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) It did rather kill my plans for an afternoon of mooching around the shops (i.e. an excuse to delay the housework), though.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

You shop like me! So obviously you do shop like a woman. Not that I've taken off enough clothes to verify this in the last 24 hours *brr*

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm either a woman or a gay man, judging by my reactions to Doctor Who & Top Gear over Christmas ;)

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

Well, you're not a gay man, so that only leaves one other option, thankfully. :)

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to LEARN how to shop like a woman.

I've managed the whole 'don't buy CDs/DVDs/Tech - buy pretty clothes and pretty make up instead' thing.

I just haven't cornered the whole 30min debate about what to do/buy/buy next/try on thing which is totally pointless, 'cause I know what I LIKE already! Navel gazing in the middle of a fucking sales riot is NOT going to bring enlightenment.

I suck at being a girl. *pout*

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I can do makeup, but only if I view it as face-painting & an excuse to Have Fun With Eyeliner. CLothes are ok in some shops, but if I can't find anything quickly I hit the "OMG I'm deformed" misery and panic buy something too tight / short / not black.

[professoryaffle.livejournal.com]

Personally I can randomly wander round shops of any variety from girly random shops to books shops and technology places my one dislike is DIYplaces, not sure why

Out of interest I know my love of shopping comes from the fact that between my mum and my sisters I did a lot of shopping all through my childhood, Did you ever do that with you mum and/or sister?

[sideshow-meg.livejournal.com]

I got the Revved up dvd yesterday, still at £15 but I wanted it so

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I got Revved Up a couple of months ago :) Yesterday I found Heaven & Hell for £5.99 - bargain!

[sideshow-meg.livejournal.com]

Me too! I got that as well.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Not sister, never! Mum sometimes, though she's as bad as me at understanding the Girl Thing.

I *adore* DIY shops (it's the big-lumps-of-metal and smell of oil that does it). Our B&Q has a Tool Corral (wonderful name), in which I can wander hor ages, daydreaming :) Computer shops, otoh, I hate.

[lark-ascending.livejournal.com]

You're a goal-oriented person?

I was having the Archetypal Shopping Argument with sevenstring over Christmas. We concluded that shopping for clothes is a solved problem for him: "I Want Black Jeans. I Have Black Jeans. I Am Happy." Whereas for me a trip to the shops is like exploring an Aladdin's cave of colour, texture and style; racks and racks of magic and wonders waiting to be tried on, every single one of which has the potential to turn me into somebody excitingly different from my usual self. I've always loved dressing up and playing with my identity; clothes shopping is not really that much different. It's like every garment is a new person waiting to be met: lots of them are fun in different ways, but only the ones that really get on with me get taken home and invited to join the family :)

So I guess if you're a generally focused person and don't happen to be focused on exploring New Things at the time you're shopping, you probably won't get much out of random-shopping :)

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Somebody must be rolling a d20 somewhere. If I fail my save, I shop like a girl ;)

I *can* do the aimless wandering, trying stuff on & laughing at ridiculous things. More often, I'm looking for (say) a pair of black jeans & can't find any that fit my waist, hips *and* thighs, so I get thoroughly ferd up & miserable. Then sometimes, I'm all psyched up for a day of battling the crowds and end up finishing My Mission in 45 minutes.

I wouldn't mind, if only the Someone with the dice would let me know which it was going to be in advance...