Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase.
-- Erma Bombeck
Next time you walk through the plexi glass doors of the mall, pile up items in your cart at Target or when you stay up until the sunrise waiting for an item to appear on the Home Shopping Network, ask yourself what is making you shop? Every red blooded man, women and child has been to the mall, it is estimated that women spend up to three years of their lives shopping, so why you may ask is your habbit a problem? Well shopping, like alcohol and other substances can be addicting.
Sure it sounds like a hoax, a myth that a group of annoyed boyfriends and husbands concocted to make you cut up your credit cards and frequent buyers cards. But the reality is that just like alcohol and drugs, you can be ADDICTED TO SHOPPING.
This blog you will show you solid evidence that will prove that the sensations that arise when you see a sale, buy a new outfit or outbid the competition on Ebay are in certain situations addictive. But don't turn away yet, read through the 6 Types of Shopping Addicts, see if you relate, and the studies from addiction specialists and see if they apply to you.
So, ladies, put your freshly pedicured feet up and pour yourself a glass of pinot grigio and enjoy this little corner of the blogasphere,
-- Erma Bombeck
Shopping for love? Shopping for attention? Shopping for self worth?
Next time you walk through the plexi glass doors of the mall, pile up items in your cart at Target or when you stay up until the sunrise waiting for an item to appear on the Home Shopping Network, ask yourself what is making you shop? Every red blooded man, women and child has been to the mall, it is estimated that women spend up to three years of their lives shopping, so why you may ask is your habbit a problem? Well shopping, like alcohol and other substances can be addicting.
Sure it sounds like a hoax, a myth that a group of annoyed boyfriends and husbands concocted to make you cut up your credit cards and frequent buyers cards. But the reality is that just like alcohol and drugs, you can be ADDICTED TO SHOPPING.
This blog you will show you solid evidence that will prove that the sensations that arise when you see a sale, buy a new outfit or outbid the competition on Ebay are in certain situations addictive. But don't turn away yet, read through the 6 Types of Shopping Addicts, see if you relate, and the studies from addiction specialists and see if they apply to you.
So, ladies, put your freshly pedicured feet up and pour yourself a glass of pinot grigio and enjoy this little corner of the blogasphere,
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