A friend of mine from Hyderabad is very fond of shopping. Who is not? Many. But most of them are. Oh that girl can give you a headache if you don't allow her to shop compared to, if not allowed to eat for a day. She traveled all the way to Mumbai to shop, even though she was ill and she had to, had to shop. Last time I accompanied her for one such adventure, she went on for 4 to 5 hours straight. I was tired after one, not because I did not have the stamina to walk around but hustled with all the bargaining and the stupid arguments of getting the prices low with embarrassing lines involved which was also secretly entertaining. I could make out that, the shopkeeper won't give in and my friend will not buy anything from there. So that IS a bore.
There is one more friend of mine with similar habits. She just argues with bhaiyya(the shopkeeper) for fun, and when the bhaiyya does not show her the items she asks for, she just calls him Greedy and walks away. I always laugh like a hyena at these situations, to make it more dramatic. I don't like shopping, hence I entertain myself by pointing and making shallow statements when in stores like these. Its plain fun. Shallow statements include using F word with sharp tone as an adjective for every description I/we have for anything available in store, making blanket statements like 'you will look like a s***'(filthy words have a special place) if you wear it, discuss other chicks in the store(yes chicks) about their physical appearances loud enough for them to hear, and point fingers at them and laugh. The last two are rare happenings, but a friend and I have done it several times. Shameless Dirty minds *evil laugh*
I wonder how Sophie Kinsella could write so much about it. Shopping is worthy only if you get to buy things which you really want. After that, its plain sadness. For shopaholics, its the other way round. They become sad if they don't just shop. Be it essential or not. These guys are possible victims of shallow rants. They wouldn't care less. Pathetic writer that I am, I wouldn't go on about how world would have been a better place to live if these shopaholics transferred some of their money into my account and I would have spent it wisely on myself, errrm on them or the world. Well I said it, with loose ends on my writing.
Lesson: Undermining the shopaholics is a bad idea. They have the qualities to know the quantity and quality of the item they are purchasing. No, I don't wish to be them. However it is best to shop for the best than to shop for the rest. Tadas!
