Necessary shopping
Monday, 18 August 2008 / Label: General / Comments 3
For a person who is very fond of shopping, deciding where the line between necessary and unnecessary lies is a bit difficult. Sometimes shopping becomes a therapy, sometimes it’s just an obsession. When you find something you like, for instance a pair of jeans, and you already have over 50 jeans, is then buying it an act of greediness, self indulgence, or simply necessary cause it makes you feel better?
For me, anything that makes me feel better could become necessary, but greediness isn’t a quality I’m very fond of. So I came up with a list of things that I find REALLY necessary. If I ever come across an item I’d like to buy, I’ll have to check with my list and see if it’s there. I’ll ask myself then: “Do I really need this item?”, “What can I use it with/for?”, “Am I gonna have any chances/occasions to wear it?”...this has already saved me from using money in several things I don’t need. My carelessness towards money, even though I work hard to earn, shouldn’t be an excuse to continue buying.
Then only body lotion, toothpaste, shampoo, lip balm, mobile phone and contract, handkerchiefs, socks and undies, running shoes (preferably Nike Shox), toothbrush and eyewash are necessary things whilst shoes, jeans, perfume, make-up and other shit are not.
What is what you can’t live without. What do you find necessary?