Do you shop too much? Or not enough? Share your shopping habits.

Mostly i just window shop. When I'm in the shopping center. I'm more on observing and watching different kinds of people. They are fascinating to watch. After getting tired of watching people i eat in the fast foods.

Hey pearl! I shop too much. I can't stop myself. I will buy something even if it's just a little thing in the dollar store. I just love to shop! It's a sickness for me. No, really it is! It's not that I will go out and get the "newest or latest" thing or style. I just like "stuff". I am trying to stop myself now. I have just cleaned out my apartment and thrown out 27 years of stuff so I am trying to control myself. Don't want to have to do that again!

I try not to go shopping at all because if I do, I will see something I want and buy it. But if I wait too long, I won't have any of something like food, clothes, etc.

PearlGrace - These are my shopping habits. If I go into a store, I tell myself I can afford to buy anything I want from that store. (of course I can't, but your sub-conscious believes it.) Once I decide that, I don't want anything in the store at all! I tend to stay out of stores because they are tempting. If, in a moment of weakness, I enter a Linen's and Things, I protect my money this way. First,If I see something I like, I walk around the store and return to the same item three times. Usually I decide I don't want it. If I still want it, I leave the store and I know if I really wanted it, I would go back to the store and buy it. If I do go back, I go back as many times as I can, without buying it. Eventually, I'll decide I didn't need it at all, or I get bored with it. Something else I learned. I don't deny myself everything. I wait until the middle of the month and if finances are within budget, I'll buy something small that I like, maybe a DVD or a book. If I don't treat myself once in awhile, I know I will go out and spend money, because I feel I have been deprived. No, I don't care about material things. I do like to dress nicely, but I'm very careful with my purchases, watching for sales and never impulse buying. Gosh, I have too much to say about this! Sorry.

I buy something most of the time when I go shopping, but I can window shop. If I see something I like then I tend to leave it a couple of weeks and then see if I still want it. My Dad says that I shop too much and will never have any money etc, but what does he know, I may go shopping a lot and go out with friends and stuff, but I still have a few thousand to my name. I like new things and buying things make me happy if I am feeling down.

My husband is the same way, always telling me to buy myself something. I much prefer buying things for him or my son. He says it's hard to shop for Christmas and birthdays for me because I hardly ever just point out random stuff I want. I do love to go look and dream though!

now a days i am finding it hard to shop because of my knees but i have always liked shopping. also, lately with the rising cost of everything and not having a whole lot of money, i dont shop as often as i used to - for both reasons.

I think I shop too much these days. Ended up buying a piece of clothing I already owned in a slightly darker shade, without realizing I already had it..and that cost me $30! Not the nicest feeling.

I used to go out shopping at least once a week which sounds like a lot now but it wasn't to me. NOw I have cut back to 2-3 times a month if that even, I have had to really cut back with the prices of gas and so many other things going up so high.

hi pearl grace I dont shop enough as I am housebound right now with shingles and should do some shopping but wearing my bra right now is still painful. as a rule I love to window shop then get whatever it is that I need and come home.for one thing I am on a very tight budget so must be very careful of how much I spend.

lol shopping is a good activity but i hate this .... because our too much time is wasted in it .... awww .... but .... some thing i really want to get ... then i do shopping =X

I do not shop much but I do a lot of window shopping. It helps me understand the trends and culture of the fashion at that point of time. I shop quite often because I don't like much of shopping. I do shop sometimes depending upon the need of my wardrobe. Basically I think shopping is a waste of money.

I like to go shopping with my best friends especially when i want to buy some clothes. They can give me comments about a particular piece of clothe i try on. And we can always figure out a reasonable price for it. If it's beyond my spending line,i'll just leave it. I also like window shopping very much but not my husband. We went shopping in Hong Kong a year ago. I shopped for half a day and i didn't buy anything. My husband was very happy about this. He said it was simply a waste of time if I just shopped without buying anything.I finally caved in and bought a coat that I thing it's a bit expensive. I made up my mind not to shop with my huddy when i decide to feast my eyes only from then on lol. One trouble with window shopping is that i often end up buying things that are not in my shopping lists.

shopping helps get freshened up sometimes when u get really bored sitting at home it is not that whenever we got out i shop but whenever i like it somethg which i really like it i purchase it. i like to shop household items to decorate my house n i also shop for my kid

I'm definately not one for wanting the "newest thing" never have been actually...And as much as I'd love to be able to shop whenever I wanted and so on I think I'd get bored with it very quickly...I love my "stuff" but since I've gone completely without in the past its still just "stuff" to me ya know...

you are lucky to have a husband who shops so much for you. it was atime when i used to shop like a mad. i just loved shopping. then i understood taht i need money for needs. now i do not shop so much

In fact ,i do not shop very often as you .If I must go to shopping .Usually i buy the one what i need and left right away.Basiclly,i do not go to shopping utill i need something.Sometimes,when i go to supermaarket,i just know what i need.

Well, everyone loves to go for shopping but sad to say not everyone is capable to buy what they like in shopping.. Of course, I love shopping.. But as what I said I am the one who is not capable to buy something that I really like due to lack of money... Anyways,sometimes if I have an extra money I used this money for the grocery and not for shopping because for me grocery is the most important thing to buy first than going for shopping.. If after I had my grocery and I still have some extra money then I will go for window shopping and see what are the things that are latest or new.. Well, mostly I don't used to buy something for myself.. If ever I go for shopping I'll buy some toys for my niece and something special for my boyfriend.. I also buy something for myself if I really need it but if I still don't need it then I just keep my money..

i don't shop that often. cause i think i don't need to buy a lot . i just buy the basic needs. and i think that almost have all the things that i need in life. all those basic things i will want to have i have almost have them all.

well, I really like shopping very much. Though I do not have much money at hand sometimes, I will date with my best friend ,who loves shopping as much as me, to go shopping. we usually go to visit many shops to compare the prize ,the style and then decide which to buy. I really don't like window shopping. Every time I go shopping, I need to buy something back, or I think it is a waste of time to go out without things back.I like new clothes, to make my appearance different , to make life wonderful!