I'm a woman and I hate to shop

[Lorien]

especially for shoes. Am I alone?

[TBreeze]

1. Nope

I hate shopping too.

[Heidi]

2. You're not alone.

I avoid it like the plague. I don't like the crowds or the time it takes, although I do shop once a week (and once a week only) for groceries.

[Carla in Ca]

24. Count me in on this one

I hyperventilate when I reach the mall parking lot. I go only when I absolutely have to. The idea of being indoors with kids screaming and being run over by strollers the size of a small closet is NOT my idea of fun.

[Heidi]

27. Oh, yeah.

I'm childless, though I don't dislike children by any means. My chief complaint about the grocery store is those little kid-sized shopping carts. I see many, many attentive moms accompanied by their children in the grocery store; but it seems that the children with inattentive mothers always are pushing those kid-sized grocery carts up and down the aisles at breakneck speed. Unfortunately, grocery stores here close at 6 p.m., so I don't have the option of shopping between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., as I did in the states.

[LisaL]

3. You are very weird, indeed.

If I had the money, I would shop until I dropped.
:rofl:

[Lorien]

7. I find it all overwhelming

I have too much stuff anyway, and the stores just have too many choices (yet few things that I actually WANT). I'm VERY impatient with it. I sorta have the "shirt dead now" approach to shopping. I need a shirt, I see the shirt, I buy the shirt-shirt dead now. I don't look for anything else in the process.

[LisaL]

20. Just the opposite for me-it's like therapy. I shop

the most when I am in a bad mood. Then of course I have no money so I should be in even worst mood but somehow it doesn't matter.

[Lorien]

21. I NEED therapy after I shop

I get stressed about the money I'm spending, I worry if I'm "buying blue" or not, I worry about the effect I'm having on the planet by buying stuff I don't absolutely need, I get stressed out by the rude drivers in the parking lot and by all the SUVs with * bumper stickers on them.Man, I'm getting stressed just thinking about it!

[alittlelark]

4. Not alone... Hubby used to buy me clothes,

I finally figured out that I could shop once or twice a year... when I find something I like I get it in multiple colors. It works for me!

[Lilith Velkor]

5. Yess!!!

:loveya: for validation from another woman. :yourock:

[Skittles]

6. OMG LORIEN NO YOU ARE NOT ALONE

I AM NOT KIDDING WHEN I SAY I HAVE LESS ANXIETY GOING TO THE DENTIST THAN GOING SHOPPING. AND WTF IS UP WITH ALL THE HIDEOUS SHOES?????????????????????? :puke:

[Lorien]

8. I dunno-but I think only Sarah Jessica Parker

can actually WALK in most of them!

[amandae]

18. You're not supposed to walk in them

They're designed so women can't run away. We're supposed to be some sort of semi-mobile statues.

[SoCalDem]

9. I even hate to shop for GROCERIES...

My poor hubby has been out of coffee creamer for 2 weeks:scared:..

we have been out of potatoes for 2 weeks (no great loss..we have rice)

My milk is DAYS past its date (we don't even drink milk, but I buy in "just in case"..

I toss out lots of stuff I DO buy, because I get too lazy to even cook :(


about once a month, I force myself to grocery shop...but I HATE it:)

Clothes shopping is hate even MORE..

I like comfy shoes, so I do actualy like shopping for them..Nothing beats a new pair of Clarks or Naturalizer sandals:)

[amandae]

15. I'm with you ... grocery shopping is the worst!!

I pretty much hate to shop for anything. But especially groceries. There's something about it ... can't put my finger on it. I hate to do it though. Once I had to do major grocery shopping, with two children in tow. I flew so fast through that store that I filled my cart to the brim and spilling over in under 45 minutes. It literally took me 45 minutes to park, go through the store, check-out and load the groceries. I HATE grocery shopping.

I really hate any type of shopping. I do some of it online just because I can comparison shop without driving all over town. When I find what I'm looking for I'll go to a store or two to find it and I'm done. There's more to life than spending all of it at the store(s).

[Radio_Lady]

50. I hate to grocery shop AND cook! (Dirty little secrets here...)

But I'm a great laundress. I've always loved to wash and dry clothes and I'm lucky to have an upstairs laundry room (right next to all the bedrooms and two bathrooms, where clothes are likely to get stripped off!) My son-in-law said he'd like me to wash for him (my daughter prefers cooking). I get out spots with Spray-and-Wash followed by Oxyclean.

Luckily, my husband has taken over the Costco food shopping in our retirement, thank goodness. I'm still trying to cook a bit, but I'd rather go out to eat.

[Skittles]

29. the ONLY time I have liked shopping

is getting items for the soldiers and for the Iraqi and Afghani kids. And for the angels I adopt for Christmas. THAT'S IT!

[benevolent dictator]

10. Shopping sucks.

I don't mind online stores so much, but shopping in stores or the malls just scares me.

Then again, I am a lesbian, so maybe that has something to do with it.

P.S.
I have two pairs of shoes, one nice-ish and one for every day. I wear them until they fall apart before I buy new ones. Oh and I have some old leather boots that were my mom's that I wear camping, but those are at least 20 years old...

[lenidog]

11. I am a man and actually enjoy to shop

[alittlelark]

19. So does my Hubby

He gets all into it - I, on the other hand have to be drug into it kicking and screaming (In a quiet, ladylike way).

[lenidog]

23. During Christmas I am the offical "finder of hard to find gifts" if its

rare or almost impossible to find because of its popularity. My family sends me out to get it. I have never failed a mission not matter what the item is. I actually enjoy the hunt.

[Skittles]

30. most of the guys I have dated have liked shopping

or at least they did not mind it - they always have to drag me with them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. HOOO baby! I too hate to shop, esp. for clothes!

I enjoy grocery shopping: list, debit card, bags, etc...all under control!

But clothing? OMIGOD, I hate it! Fortunately, I love Lands'End, and their catalog...Most of what I wear comes from them. But I normally cannot buy shoes from a catalog, and I have a very difficult time with them...I too wear out my shoes! I'm not one little bit fashionable, and mostly that doesn't matter, but once in a while I wish I were more fashionable. Oh well...

YOU ARE NOT ALONE BY ANY STRETCH!

[Lorien]

13. Shopping seems to have turned into a National form of

recreation-I know women who just "go shopping" every weekend to relax-for CLOTHING and SHOES most of the time. It just baffles me. :shrug:

[SoCalDem]

16. "Going-to-the-mall" is a national CURSE..

and unfortunately there are millions of people who think that it's recreation..

I must admit, that when malls were "new", it was a kick to park ONCE and go to a lot of cool stores in AIR CONDITIONING, but that phenomenon wore off for me about 40 years ago:)

I do not even Christmas Shop.. haven't for years.. I give people MONEY and let them get what they NEED or WANT..

or I order stuff online and have it sent to their houses..:)

I found a great price of a KitchenAid Mixer thing that my son & DiL wanted, so I just ordered it from a place in Miami, and 4 days later it was on their kitchen counter:) Easy as PIE..

[Skittles]

31. that freaks me out too, Lorien

do they like the florescent dressing room lighting? :o

[Lilith Velkor]

35. And as if that weren't creepy enough

if you aren't into that most women look at you like you're a goddam space alien. My female friends are few and far between, I have none right now in fact. All my "girlfriends" are gay men.

[ltfranklin]

14. I think there's a gene sequence that controls this...

I beleive the sequence goes something like

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[u4ic]

17. I hate shopping

clothing, especially shoes...but I like grocery shopping.

I can never find anything that fits. :thumbsdown:

[put out]

22. Hate shopping, hate it, and I am a woman.

My mother thinks I may be a foundling. I hate shopping for anything. I think we always have enough food to keep body and soul together, and so what if it looks funny or makes for strange meals. SO WHAT? Go fishing or shoot a chicken or something, and make dandelion greens and shut up about it. We have milk, bread, eggs, fruit, other stuff. Eat to live, not live to eat.

Clothes? If I can't have it delivered to my doorstep, forget it. My mother shops garage sales for me because she is afraid I will finally just go out naked. Shoes? The yuckiest shopping of all. I hate to shop.

Friend, you are not alone in your hatred of shopping.

[EFerrari]

25. I refuse to shop except at hardware stores

If we need anything else, I buy it on line. I'd rather be shot than set foot in a mall and would rather look at light switches and 2x4s than shoes any day of the week.

And the garden section. :loveya:

[put out]

26. Yes, well I will admit the garden section makes me go

"Ooh." Then I buy a bunch of stuff and take it home to kill it.

[EFerrari]

28. LOL! I'm sorry for your loss.

:)

I don't buy annuals without knowing they are condemned and only buy houseplants that come insured. But, I buy lots of roses and ladybugs.

[Princess Turandot]

32. Nope..

I like to go to a store knowing what I want, find it, buy it and leave. On many a day since I am unemployed, almost everything I have on came from ll bean, cept the undies, since they don't sell those.

I hate shopping for shoes more than anything else. If I find something that is comfortable, I will sometimes buy a second pair as a back-up for when the first pair wears out. I haven't bought dress shoes in awhile, but when I do, I buy the same brand in a style that they have some slightly different versions of.


The other thing that I don't quite get is pocketbooks/purses. Now I will admit to having quite a few that I've bought over the years and rarely use. I almost never switch bags, unless I'm going to a function and don't want to carry my nylon shoulder purse. Does any woman constantly switch pocketbooks, or do they just buy them and let them sit?

[tigereye]

47. guilty as charged

I have a bag addiction... I love bags, esp. black leather ones, and I have too many that I buy either on sale or at yard sales. My closet is embarrassingly full of them, although I do use different ones at different times, and have summer and winter bags.

shoes... ennhhh... I like flats and boots.

[yewberry]

33. Hate it, and shoes are the worst!

Never liked to shop.

Even worse, I gave up animal products many moons ago. Shoe shopping (and purse, wallet, belt, briefcase, blah, blah, blah) sucks. Thank goodness for canvas.

No, you are not alone.

(I have a pet theory about malls...I suspect that mall management pumps some kind of mystery material through the HVAC system that is cumulatively addictive. The more time you spend at the mall, the more time you want to spend at the mall. I seem to be allergic.)

[Vektor]

34. I love shopping more than breathing.

And MAN - do I love shoes.

But hey, hugs anyway! :-)
:hug:

(I have a friend that hates shopping too. We are the same size, so I do her shopping and mine, and she tells everyone I'm her personal shopper/stylist. She's never disappointed!)

[ariesgem]

36. I HATE shopping

On those rare occasions when I go out to shop for clothes, if I don't see cute, complete outfits displayed in and around the store, I leave. If I see something cute I'll tell the salesperson to get me that outfit in a size 8. I don't have the patience to search thru the racks trying to put together an outfit. Besides, I hate the crowds, parking and screaming bratty kids that are associated with malls.

[Bzzzz]

37. I ABSOLUTELY hate to shop...

I'm so thankful for the internet. I do 90% of my shopping on-line and even that's drudgery, but I don't have to put up with rude shoppers and retail clerks. I just wish a local supermarket would start on-line grocery shopping. I'd gladly pay the extra to be able to order on-line and either have it delivered or pick it up curbside.

[scarlet_owl]

38. You are not alone.

I can't stand shopping. Especially for clothes and shoes. I'm also really poor, so I'm limited to shopping at Goodwill, where it is hard to find things in my size.

[REP]

39. I Wear a 6.5WW Shoe - Not Fun To Shop For!

I have small yet wide feet, which are nearly impossible to find shoes for. Sometimes I can find a 7.5B that works, but since cute shoes are usually not stocked in my size, it isn't fun.

Online shoe shopping is more fun.

[Catchawave]

40. Hate shopping, hate it, hate it......BUT

...for some reason I enjoy shopping for clothes in Thrift Stores, especially the one near me that benefits the Children's Hospital, which has really nice things for 1 or 2 bucks an item. So it's like a treasure hunt everytime I go! Especially if I bring in a bag of stuff, I get a 20% off coupon.

[Shopaholic]

41. Glad to hear that all of you hate it so much

It means better pickings for me! :evilgrin: (See user name for further explanation).

[Samurai_Writer]

42. You are not alone, sistah!

I HATE to shop. I buy all my clothes online. And all my books. And all my DVDs. And pretty much everything except groceries. And that's only because we have a great farmer's market here where I buy most of my groceries.

[Shell Beau]

43. I personally love to shop, but I know several

women who don't. It can sometimes be depressing, but I love it. I would love it more if I actually had the money to do the kind of shopping that I want to.

[luvLLB]

44. no, you're not alone.

[livetohike]

45. Me too

I hate all shopping - even grocery shopping.

[redqueen]

46. No, you're not alone.

I like to get in, get what I need, and get out as soon as humanly possible. That's for pretty much anything except gifts.

Gifts I'll shop for hours for. Well, when I had money I would. :)

[tigereye]

48. boo hoo RQ

you would probably be fun to have a drink with, though. :hi:

I really like shopping, goodwill, flea market, mall, stores, kids stores, etc. you name it. I don't spend a lot of money, but, I really like it. Although I like small funky stores the best! It's like foraging!

[NV Whino]

49. I'm with you.

I even hate grocery shopping. Shoes are the worst, though.

[Lorien]

51. About the only grocery shopping I kind of enjoy

is Costco. It's such a "blue" company, and I know where everything is there, so I can get in and out quickly. I love seeing all the * stickers in the parking lot, and thinking about how much money they are giving to the Dems by shopping there, lol!

[Left Is Write]

52. I'm sure you're not.

But I love to shop! Even if I'm not buying, I enjoy shopping. I find it relaxing (unless I actually have something to shop FOR that I'm not finding, and I'm dragging two tired/hungry/cranky children around with me - that's not so relaxing).

My husband likes to shop too, even just browsing/window shopping.