Woohoo! Online shopping is coming of age in India. And I'm one of the biggest suckers for it. Just got my first pair of sandals,which I bought from bigshoebazaar.com. And am wearing it all over the house like Beks would. Gladiator sandals! Woohoo!
Last month has been one of acquisitions, and that too big ones. I am usually the one who says noooo when B wants to buy me somthing big. But sometime recently, it all just came together.... Blackberry, laptop, and now sandals.... not that the sandals are anywhere near the other two in terms of asset value, but i must admit that the level of excitement is about the same.
Read somewhere a while back about the physiological changes in some people when they see the big SALE sign. Me too. Can feel my heartbeat increase, shortness of breath and adrenalin pumping. Where's that wallet? Where is the shop? Lets go attack! And full excitement till I reach there.
Then I don't know what happens.... it's like an anticlimax, like air going out of a balloon.... all the excitement fades when I walk through the doors of the shop. I then get shoppers anxiety. Shortness of breath again, but not with excitement, it's more like OMG, so many things to look at, so many calculations to be done, so many bargains to be examined, so much stuff to try on.... whew. And thats when I'm shopping alone. If the juniors are around, the tension is so much more. Nana, where are you? Tam, don't cry. Bekah, don't touch that display. Margaret, give me a hanky for Tam's nose. Now is that a good top to buy? Nana, come out from under that rack. Bekah, stop sulking. Tam, drink water. Now my phone rings. Yes, Kutta, shall look for shirts for you. Tam, don't spill that water, don't spill, don't spill, oops. Margaret, give me tissue. Nana, don't run, there's water. Oh, too late.. Whew! and that's only the first 5 minutes in the store....
As for my anxiety in the trial room when I'm trying on that solitary top I picked, it's another post altogether.... Now you know why I like online shopping?
Last month has been one of acquisitions, and that too big ones. I am usually the one who says noooo when B wants to buy me somthing big. But sometime recently, it all just came together.... Blackberry, laptop, and now sandals.... not that the sandals are anywhere near the other two in terms of asset value, but i must admit that the level of excitement is about the same.
Read somewhere a while back about the physiological changes in some people when they see the big SALE sign. Me too. Can feel my heartbeat increase, shortness of breath and adrenalin pumping. Where's that wallet? Where is the shop? Lets go attack! And full excitement till I reach there.
Then I don't know what happens.... it's like an anticlimax, like air going out of a balloon.... all the excitement fades when I walk through the doors of the shop. I then get shoppers anxiety. Shortness of breath again, but not with excitement, it's more like OMG, so many things to look at, so many calculations to be done, so many bargains to be examined, so much stuff to try on.... whew. And thats when I'm shopping alone. If the juniors are around, the tension is so much more. Nana, where are you? Tam, don't cry. Bekah, don't touch that display. Margaret, give me a hanky for Tam's nose. Now is that a good top to buy? Nana, come out from under that rack. Bekah, stop sulking. Tam, drink water. Now my phone rings. Yes, Kutta, shall look for shirts for you. Tam, don't spill that water, don't spill, don't spill, oops. Margaret, give me tissue. Nana, don't run, there's water. Oh, too late.
As for my anxiety in the trial room when I'm trying on that solitary top I picked, it's another post altogether.... Now you know why I like online shopping?
