shopping for love.

11:35 PM

Sometimes i think the way people shop can be linked to what kind of attitude they adopt when it comes to love. (or playing the game of love.)

there are different kinds of shoppers:

1) The impulsive shopper

He's the one who buys useless things on impulse and then regrets his purchases. Remember those horrid highlighter pink and yellow tops you bought last season on impulse? they're sitting in the closet now aren't they. or maybe they're already in the trash can. how tragic.

2) The contemplative shopper

He sees this shirt he's really interested in. "Wow. It's really not bad. But... It's a bit too expensive. Do i really need it? Or is it a want?"
So he waits around. (I really don't know what he's waiting for though.) And then one day when he goes back to the shop and decides to buy it, it's gone. off the market. too bad. how typical.

3) The "i-know-what-i-want" shopper

"okay," he says, "Today I'm gonna get a shirt to wear for my cousin's wedding dinner on saturday. It's gonna be blue, checkered and long sleeved." He goes to the shop, spots the shirt, grabs it, tries it on, and pays at the cashier. how swift.

4) The emotional shopper

He believes in retail therapy. So he shops the most when he is feeling down. Or sometimes he buys stuff to fill some kind of void inside him. Sometimes he ends up buying things that he's not interested in at all. He just needs to spend some money. how strange.

5) The one who's just filthy rich.

He shops at all the best shops and he always gets what he wants. He likes all the newest toys. His philosophy: You can never have enough watches. Even if you can only wear one each day. He doesn't really have any emotional attachment to his possessions. Afterall he can always replace them. how irksome.

6) The loyalty card member.

He loves the clothes from this shop. And this shop only. He has the loyalty card and almost all the staff at the shop know him. Maybe it's the discount that attracts him to shop there, or maybe there's just some inexplicable attraction between him and the shop. All his life he will prefer to shop there. how ideal.

I think i'll add some other types to the list after i encounter them. (i just realised i haven't included many positive types. that really shows how pessimistic/cynical i am?)

So, what kind of shopper/lover are you? (: