Posted by whiterabbit on July 20, 2003, at 12:24:59
In reply to Ice Cream and Cheap Jewelry, posted by Tabitha on July 18, 2003, at 2:46:08
We don't have a Walmart inside the city limits so I usually have to settle for Walgreens. I don't like malls or clothes shopping (thank heavens for J.Jill catalogs) but I can spend an hour or more inside this drugstore just looking at everything, it's very strange...I get in there and sort of go into a trance, just about. I'm sure I get the same look on my face as one of my friends, when she's playing the slot machines in the casino - she stares at the machine like she's hypnotized
and doesn't "snap out of it" until her tokens are gone.I can't pass up the makeup aisle no matter what. I have to look at all the new stuff on display in the center, and I allow myself to buy ONE makeup thing per shopping trip, so usually I check out a lot of the regular stuff - comparison shopping.
If I'm there to buy vitamins, I read labels on a bunch of the bottles. If I'm buying shampoo, I go through a lot of different hair products. I love stuff that smells good, so I smell the bath gels and lotions and powders, also the candles. At least I try to put everything back where it was so the Walgreens people don't hate me...
I don't come out of my trance until the cashier says, "That will be eighty-six dollars," and I go,
ohmyGod what all did I buy!! I get home, sit on the rug and start digging through the bag. Here's an ordinary shopping trip-Lipstick
Scented candle
Hair gel
A bottle of vitamins or diet pills
Real Simple magazine
Chocolate Velamints
Starbucks Mocha FrappaccinoAnd maybe something I actually need. Gosh no wonder I'm always broke.
-Gracie
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