Check out this fabulous post from That Dress is Divine on Shopping Alone. Like her, I prefer to shop alone when I am on a serious mission. Here's why:
1. I am very, very speedy and decisive. It only takes me a few minutes to size up a store and decide if it is worth digging through the racks or trying things on. I also tend to try things on quickly too - it only takes me a minute or two to decide if something looks good. When shopping alone, I don't have to wait for a friend who prefers to take her time - and I can't make my companion feel rushed.
2. I can be anti-social if I want to be. When I'm on a quest or otherwise in a serious shopping mood, I don't like to be sidetracked, and unlike an overly helpful sales associate*, you generally have to pay attention to your friends. I'm not really a fan of shopping as a social activity either, which brings me to my next point...
3. It may seem weird, but I don't like to spend tons of time in stores, especially malls. After all, when you spend a significant chunk of time writing about fashion because it's your job, shopping becomes a much less enticing way to spend your free time.
*I'm not complaining about bad service here (I've worked retail in the past, so to customer service employees everywhere, I feel your pain - the customer is not always right), just about the disturbingly friendly and slightly pushy salespeople who stalk you through the store.
How do you prefer to shop?
Monday, July 02, 2007
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I enjoy shopping with somebody, BUT I will be shopping for them, not for myself. The exception to that is possibly shopping with a very close relative, but even then, whatever I might be shopping for will be on the back burner.
You're so right Rebecca - whenever I shop with anyone else I tend to look for them, not me. I do enjoy doing that - I shop alone when I really need to find something for myself, but I do manage to shop well with my mom (she's a speedy scanner type too, so that probably has something to do with it).
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