SHOPPING

"Consumerism is all about selling stuff to people which they don't need but are made to want by fancy marketing".

I guess this one statement makes me shop over cautiously and judging the value of a goods over and over again before buying. This might sound to be a very prudent habit but it's not and now it does create a lot of problem.

Like a typical girl I just love shopping and till last few months I used to buy things like crazy… Every weekend one can find me in one of those big malls in Bangalore… shopping… some thing or the other. Every week I found something missing in my wardrobe and hence a shopping .... and like any female I ended up buying almost double the list. It happened so many times and after all those shopping's I had that guilty feeling. But it doesn't last long so I repeat it again and again and again... shamelessly.

Till one day when I was cleaning my wardrobe and realized that, "I have so many thing with me which I don't use… almost 70% of my cupboard is filled with these kinds of stuff". Some not even tried once…. Earlier Mom used to scold me for this but this was the first time I realized this and I felt so bad that after that I haven't done any shopping (I mean big shopping) till date. And now I just hesitate to go for one……

Yesterday I went to buy a digital camera.... as I got this new hobby of photography..... But I guess I was living in Stone Age with respect to the price range of cameras which I expected. I thought would buy a Sony/ Samsung camera with a max budget of 7 to 8,000 INR. All my hopes came crumbling down like I hope Modi's government will in the near future. I mean all decent Camera started at that range.

The ones I liked: 2 Sony, 1 Nikon and a Samsung ranged from 9,000 to 20,000. So being the ever so cautious and judgmental buyer… (At least now) I came back (for the 3rd time in a space of 7 months) without a Camera. Sigh.....

But today I again went as a gallant Viking to conquer the castle (here, Camera;)) and again came back empty handed. Found a Kodak camera with a great look but an equally disappointing picels @11000INC.

This was not the end though since I managed to blow up more than 10k of my Dad's hard earned money in other items. Which now sounds so irrelevant.

1) A business Suit from Peter England
2) Jeans from Levis
3) Nike Shoes
4) Costly Spectacles
5) Oriflame Perfumes & Lipsticks
6) Some funky handbags
7) Lakme Lipsticks & Liners

OMG! The list is so long that I really feel embarrassed to write it… But, Frankly speaking….I am quite satisfied and happy today. As Mom took me for Diwali shopping.... It's been ages since I bought so much things in a small span of time without thinking about its value and worth and prospects in future and this and that... And it felt great.

I hope I can show the same immaculate form while buying a Camera next time.

Wish me luck...
Jiya....