It was all there, the signs, the symptoms but I wasn’t aware of it, not until I caught hold of this book. A book that reflected me completely, as I read and frantically turned the pages, the only sound that came out of me was “Oh God!! That’s so true!!!”. I am sure that is the reaction which my thousand other soul mates also gave. Yes! I am talking about none than the book “Confessions of a Shopaholic”. I had never thought myself to be one in spite of my friends always taunting me that I couldn’t go a week without shopping a thing. I had thought it was silly and of course I don’t shop stupid things. But as I read the book, a very repetitive familiar conversation (it’s mostly an argument) with my BF came to my mind. It doesn’t help that my BF is a complete opposite, he hates SHOPPING!! Okay, so we entered the mall and we are walking past shops and then we go inside a shop and here it how it goes:
Me: Isnt this top nice?
BF: Hmmm..yea…
Me: How would it look on me?
BF: I guess.. good
Me: (with a sparkle in eyes).. Woow.. it has my size also. You know how much I like green!!
BF: But don’t you have a lot of green already in your wardrobe??
Me: Yea.. But this is halter neck
BF: But you have a halter neck already!!
Me: But it isn’t greeeen… (Now I am getting really pissed with his lack of encouragement)
BF: (totally giving up on me) Fine buy it. I see no reason why you ask me when you already
decide to buy one. Plus sometimes I think you discover new reasons everyday to justify yourMe: Isnt this top nice?
BF: Hmmm..yea…
Me: How would it look on me?
BF: I guess.. good
Me: (with a sparkle in eyes).. Woow.. it has my size also. You know how much I like green!!
BF: But don’t you have a lot of green already in your wardrobe??
Me: Yea.. But this is halter neck
BF: But you have a halter neck already!!
Me: But it isn’t greeeen… (Now I am getting really pissed with his lack of encouragement)
BF: (totally giving up on me) Fine buy it. I see no reason why you ask me when you already
buy.
Me: Alright!! I am not buying.
With that I storm out of the shop
He follows. After sometime:
BF: You wanna watch a movie?
Me: No
BF: Lets have ice creams??
Me: No
BF: You had to buy an umbrella…
Me: Of course not!! I don’t need one.
BF: Ok… so are you going to sulk like this for the rest of the evening just because I didn’t want you to spend your money on that.
Me: What crap! I am not sulking!!
BF: yea you are not… know what.. lets go and buy that green top.
Me: I am NOT buying anything (adamantly)
He slows down , looks at me…and says…. . (with a smile)…
BF: No.. lets buy it. You would look really great in that.
Now am in double minds…hmmmm…..
BF: Really, that was a nice thing. Lets go and grab it before somebody else does.
That just did it, I dragged him to the shop, afraid that it would close down for the day. Panting and heaving, I just pull it out of the hanger and gave it at the counter. (Without trying it on… that was the height of desperation).
After a couple of minutes, I was the proud owner of a gorgeous top and I couldn’t stop smiling and so couldn’t my BF. Then out came his statement:
“You know I never like shopping, but to see you doing it is the most pleasurable thing on this earth. You just sparkle when you do it”
Me: Ahem. Thanks. So whats the plan for tomorrow…. Lets go to BANDRA.
BF(a stern look): No ways!
Me: (with a smile) I was kidding!! Lets go eat something……
It goes on and on, with shoes, novels, bags!! But after reading the book, I consciously became aware of my habits and decided to slow down my spree. It did help!
I am very happy to say that I haven’t shopped anything in the last month…. (But mentally, its running… rains are here, jeans are out, nice khaki shorts would do, a stylish windcheater too…) Well thinking is fine as long as I don’t spend money…. (wink)…..
BF: No.. lets buy it. You would look really great in that.
Now am in double minds…hmmmm…..
BF: Really, that was a nice thing. Lets go and grab it before somebody else does.
That just did it, I dragged him to the shop, afraid that it would close down for the day. Panting and heaving, I just pull it out of the hanger and gave it at the counter. (Without trying it on… that was the height of desperation).
After a couple of minutes, I was the proud owner of a gorgeous top and I couldn’t stop smiling and so couldn’t my BF. Then out came his statement:
“You know I never like shopping, but to see you doing it is the most pleasurable thing on this earth. You just sparkle when you do it”
Me: Ahem. Thanks. So whats the plan for tomorrow…. Lets go to BANDRA.
BF(a stern look): No ways!
Me: (with a smile) I was kidding!! Lets go eat something……
It goes on and on, with shoes, novels, bags!! But after reading the book, I consciously became aware of my habits and decided to slow down my spree. It did help!
I am very happy to say that I haven’t shopped anything in the last month…. (But mentally, its running… rains are here, jeans are out, nice khaki shorts would do, a stylish windcheater too…) Well thinking is fine as long as I don’t spend money…. (wink)…..
