Confessions of a (non-)Shopaholic!

1. I'm not a brand person. I usually judge a brand by what I know about their trade policies or labour policies.

2. I like buying local products. I love it when I see a 'Made in India' sign on anything :)

3. I love piles, there's always nice stuff hidden in them but I haven't got the patience to look through them most of the time.

4. When I go shopping, I need to have an agenda or a list. Otherwise, I probably won't buy anything. I'm not much of an impulse buyer - I usually regret it when I buy things on impulse. There was probably a cheaper option, a better option... :/

5. I need to find whatever I'm looking for fairly fast otherwise I'll talk myself out of buying whatever it is and just head home. (Or to a nice eating place. I don't mind spending money on food :P)

6. I don't really like shopping at malls.

7. I hate lingerie shopping. Hate it.

8. I love Bata. Cheap, long-lasting and, recently, pretty awesome styles too!

9. I'm very picky when it comes to buying shoes...

10. Grocery shopping is actually the one-kind of shopping that I really like. But it has to be a big store, with wide aisles where you can push a trolley :P

11. I hate bargaining and I'm not very good at it.

12. Everything always seems overpriced to me.

So you see, I don't have what it takes to be a Shopaholic. I don't get a high from buying stuff but there are times when I'm really happy after I buy something. And these would be times when I have an agenda and I find what I'm looking for pretty fast and at a much lower price than what I was expecting. And that is precisely what happened yesterday! (Well, besides the 'finding it fast' part. I went through about a million stores before I found this one...) I went out to Commercial St. to look for a pair of shoes to wear with my bridesmaid dress and look what I found!

 I wanted to find something to replace my black, hand-me-down sandals that I've been wearing for years now and walked around Commercial Street and tried out a million different shoes until I finally found this shop called Trendz and they had a 50% sale! Black peep-toes in manageable sized heels! The guy at the shop said they were Italian but he was probably lying. Anyway, the shoes had me even before the guy started talking! :P Aren't they lovely? :)

Hey, I put some new shoes on,
And suddenly everything is right,
I said, hey, I put some new shoes on and everybody's smiling,
It's so inviting,
Oh, short on money,
But long on time,
Slowly strolling in the sweet sunshine,
And I'm running late,
And I don't need an excuse,
'cause I'm wearing my brand new shoes.
- 'New Shoes' by Paulo Nutini