shopped till I actually DROPPED!

Happy Shopping to you!! It eppears that you have lot of patience.....LOL! Yes, I agree that shopping for hours together is a troublesome process. We also feel the same way, as you felt when you did your shopping spree. It take hours to select clothes specially for kids. Sometime the colour is not matching, sometime the stuff is not of our choice, otherwise, the item is too expensive. I really sometime lose my patience, while going for shopping with kids. My better half is entirely different, she would not feel satisfied till she has not seen atleast 10 set of clothes, while selecting one set out of ten. She would love to go to atleast 2-3 outlets, before making a final choice. Whenever my son is with us, he would definitely make lot of noise about being hungry or thristy, even when we left our house after having our meals or breakfast. Best Wishes to you and your family on Bengali New Year!

The only time I have ever had it that bad is Christmas every year So a month before I try to get as much in as I can so I do not have to stand in those awful Queues

oh yeahh... i had actually done that as well... there is one day when i shop since morning (around 8.30 am) and i went home at 10.00 pm... and all the time i am walking and walking and only rest to have my lunch, tea break and dinner... pheww... it is really very tiring and i do it just to ease my mind...

lol...I can just imagine the Bengali mom yelling at her child...all the Bengalis I know do that...lol I usually plan and buy ahead...a little here and there especially when I get good stuff on sale. It's hard to shop at a crowded place with kids. But even without the kids, I hate having to wait and spend so many hours shopping (though I do love to shop, I don't like to do it when the place is crowded)...and having to choose with so many people pushing against me. We have just 2 main festivals...one is Vishu (on the same day as your Nabo Varsh - April 14th) and the other one is Onam which is usually around August-September. So, I plan ahead and buy things as and when I see it...and I usually go to the wholesale market. Btw, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

oh dear... that sounds soooo tiring.... but you only have one child to go shopping with... i have 5... FIVE !!... well my two older ones are 14 and 12... so they normally helps me look after the younger ones.. but... the 3 younger ones could really get on everybody's nerves... we are just lucky that we have 'sales promotion' all-year-round.. and we dont have to wait to the last minute to shop.. but they are certain items which you just to wait to buy during the festive seasons... and we got no choice but to go and 'join the crowd'....

I tend to do most of the Christmas shopping for my children's toys at the same time. Several department stores near me have 25% off toys around July with no-deposit layby (lay-away) and Christmas eve pickup so that is when I usually get the toys. When I get my tax refund I usually pay most of it off so that I only have to pay a couple of dollars a week between then and Christmas. It works well and I know I've got the bulk of the shopping over... also, it saves me having to face the shopping crush just before Christmas.

hi sudipta, i think i also do shop at a one go sometmes. i do that with parents. its new year for me as well i guess.we have alrady done the shopping. but itsdone in installments of visits. i have made it in say 4-5 days. it actually makes tired when you buy at a go. anyways happy Poila Baishak,,,

I shop that way when I am with my best friend. She lives a couple of hundred miles away but I take part of my vacation to go spend with her. When we go we go for all day! Lunch included and by the time we get home we have to have a nap! Shopping is tiring. If there is a festival or holiday I go before hand if I am going by myself! I bet you had a wonderful time anyway! LOL

I think the biggest shopping day I participate in would be black friday. It is the day after Thanksgiving in the US and the stores always offer crazy specials but you have to be there at like 3 in the morning to secure your place in line to get one of the deals they have in limited supply. I do all my Christmas shopping on this day, and it goes something like this. We have Thanksgiving dinner around 3 on Thursday then I go to sleep until 10 PM. I get up and argue with the poor unsuspecting victims I have roped into going with me to get them ready to go. We drive to WalMart since they price match with a list and a circular from all the other stores we want items from. Everyone takes their list and gets in their respective line after going through the store and getting everything else that we are price matching from other places. They open the "special" merchandise at 5 AM, we load the carts and are out of the door by 6:30 and hope we don't have to go anywhere else but we usually do have to visit at least one other store. Then we all head to Dennys for breakfast. We eat then head home. I leave all the gifts locked in the car when I come in and pass out from exhaustion usually around 10 AM. So at least once a year I too shop til I drop!

This reminds me of the time i went shopping with mymom and younger sister and my little girl who was just three. we were all looking for some dress material to make some dresses. I looked around for lisa rose who had been hanging onto my skirt and no Lisa. I was petrified as she was so loving and might have gone with anybody. we searched the store and ran up and down the aisles.I was just sick with worry and blamed myself for taking my eyes off of her for one minute. then a clerk came running up to us smiling like crazy. I think I have found your Lisa Rose.she says where is Mommy. I followed her back to the drygoods section and she pointed toa shelf behind the counter.LIsa rose was laid out on a stack of yard goods still half asleep. she cried theres mommy. pick baby up.I sure forgot that my feet hurt and pickedup my baby.

well i actually shop in 3 diffrent times ill go and buy some anfd then nxt go day and finish but i tend to go morning time when most of the time is quiet and try to avoid weekends also lol

oh yeah that's something that happens quite a bit with me too.but i make sure that if it's to do with gifts i go at the weekend before teh festival or probably someday at the weekday.that way not too many people are doing their last minute shopping and i can look for deals too and save on my money.i have suffered huge losses while doing last minute shopping because then i want to buy something as soon as i see it only later to find out that i could have got the same thing for less in the next shop.

I like to take my time about shopping, I try to check out exactly what I want by doing some research on line in advance. I think ebay is a great place to check out prices of things before hitting the shops, that way you know whether you are getting a good price or not. I don't have any children, but I imagine that taking the whole family on a shopping "expedition" is quit a hard job. Hat's off to you, I'm sure I could not manage it. :)

i generally do it about a week ahead. it mainly occurs during the time of durga puja.i hope you must be aware of durga puja.. that time i go into the shops and they won't hesitate to put down lots of varieties. they will pay heed to your words and show you whatever you want.. but during the pujas, they become very arrogant and get irritated very easily.... bye and happy my lotting..

Hope that you are from West Bengal, India. Please tell the world about the the variety of sweets available in WB and a bit about Durga Puja Celebraions !

wow. that was one heck of a shopping spree. it must have been fun even though it was tiring. right? i only shop 'til i drop when i have the money and when there's a sale. and that seldom happens because our payday doesn't jive with sales in department stores. .

I like to if it's with somebody else. Then you chat, compare, and stop for something to eat. Socially tends to be more fun for me. I have shopped till I dropped once. Well, nearly... I was exausted anyway. I went with family before Christmas. It was not fun.

I always plan out everything I want to buy and which shops I want to go in, it makes it all so much easier, then you can just go to the shops that you want and not have to trail around them all. We also always go well before the shops start to get busy, I hate all that hustle and bustle and crowded shops it is horrible. I always end up getting really short tempered, it is no fun when it is like that.

April 14th is also Tamil New Year. ONe can see more 50% offs here also today we went to big bazaar and bought things as we had some vouchers. I basically like hustle-bustle shopping

i have done this once b4...lol it was great