I mean, seriously...it's healthier than shooting up or popping pills, isn't it?
2007-07-21 00:43:01 · 16 answers · asked by Vegetable Soup (I'm baaaack) 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
i dont know!
you women!
i prefer banging my head against a wall
2007-07-21 06:02:21 · answer #1 · answered by HERBS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love retail therapy. It's such a buzz to come home, flop on the settee with tons of shopping bags. I even partake in on-line retail therapy I love the sales.
2007-07-21 00:50:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
in a way yes it is because sometimes it far outweighs the end product and we finish up with things bought on the spur of the moment and have no real use other than being purchased because at the time we "needed" them.OK its a lot healthier and safer than shooting up or popping pills but can have the same addictive effect
2007-07-21 10:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by peter.w 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like they said, if you have plenty of money to pay for it, maybe there's nothing wrong with retail therapy. You won't suffer debt-that-never-ends, bankruptcy, guilt that you aren't doing right by your kids, remorse that you have a house full of cr-p and no way to pay the mortgage, foreclosure, can't make ends meet in retirement......all those things are natural outcomes of unwise retail therapy. I've seen it. It is devastating to watch people ruin their lives and end up with houses so full of junk they can't even decide to do each day...so they go out and buy "just a little something."
If you can afford it, at least be smart about it.
Set a budget that makes sense with your income. Stick to the budget religiously. Make sure your main bills are covered, make sure you've set aside money for things that happen regularly but infrequently like car registration/inspection, homeowner association fees, property taxes, dental visits. Make sure your budget includes savings for things that happen even less often (I hope) like replacing water heaters, emergency room deductibles, car accident deductibles, fixing the air conditioning, unexpected medical, dental and veterinary expenses. This is "attitude money" that lets you sleep well at night, and trust me, sleeping well at night will not only make you feel well during the day, and help you watch those debt-reduction and mortgage commercials on tv without squirming, but it will also help keep you slim around the middle. Don't knock it until you've tried it.
Make sure you are saving up for whatever is important to you, too.
THEN you make room in your budget for "retail therapy." Or maybe not......
Unfortunately, shopping a lot has other undesirable effects. Nearly everything you buy comes home with you. Where, oh where will you put it? Is your closet so jammed that you can't figure out what to wear? Do you buy things you already have, but just can't find? Are there piles of stuff anywhere in your house? Do you have knickknacks on every surface, and keep buying display cases for more of them? How many hummingbird figurines or dolls or baseball caps or beanie babies (talk about worthless, now!) do you really need? Reality check. Last time you moved, how many boxes full of stuff you rarely use came with you?
If you do retail therapy, then please, please, please....De-clutter as you go. For everything you bring home, send something out the door. Sell it, give it to charity, whatever. In the long run, you'll be better off. Most people do retail therapy to fill an empty hole inside. You won't solve the problem by filling up your houses instead. You'll just get so depressed that you have to get out of the house. And what is there to do outside the house? Shopping, I guess.
Getting rid of things is actually as fabulous as buying things, costs less, and makes room for future retail therapy sessions. It's a kind of natural high, releasing things and making room for good things to come. Life is smoother, more peaceful, with less stuff. If something hasn't been used in a year, if it doesn't bring a smile to your face everytime you see it, why is it still in your house?
If you need help with this, go to www.flylady.net. She will cheerlead you and guide you into transforming your life using simple steps, simple routines, loads of enouragement, and great advice.
If you keep buying clothes but often have "nothing to wear" try out www.missussmartypants.com. It's like having a wardrobe/image consultant and personal shopper for pennies a day!
2007-07-21 05:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by Livia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think about the lives of all the people who have to work their guts out for pittance to make the stuff you want to buy as part of retail therapy
william is not amused
2007-07-22 01:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love a bit of retail therapy, it's fab!
2007-07-21 00:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by Queenie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Therapy is therapy!!! =D As long as you are not bankrupting yourself, or missing work to shop--there are many MANY worse addictions that you can have!!!
2007-07-21 00:49:32 · answer #7 · answered by Austins Mom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmmm
but many a fashion faux pas has been purchased in an emotional moment!!! lol
apart from that, theres nothing better!
2007-07-21 00:46:24 · answer #8 · answered by ♠ Merlin ♠ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love it and I feel so much better after spending some money.
2007-07-21 00:46:14 · answer #9 · answered by Caveman's daughter 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's only bad if you don't have enough money to pay the bills later. (did I understand your question??)
2007-07-21 00:46:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋