I need this like I need a hole in my head… Have you heard that expression before? Or have you said it before? Sounds painful. Well, you’re not aloneβ¦I hear that a lot. Truth is, we feel we don’t have enough.
Sometime back I went to Marfa a town here in West Texas. And they have an interesting building, well 2 to be exact. Prada Marfa & Tiny Target…no retail therapy here…only window shopping. It’s a tribute to our Western materialism, letting us know how materialistic weβve become. The more, more, more generation. Enough is never enough. (stop by when you get a chanceβ¦no need for your credit cards)
Question is: Do we make purchases with our brains or with our emotions? Do we convince ourselves saying, yes I need this… when making a buying decision.
is it that bad? Is it bad to feel pretty & happy with a new outfit? I know, I know we might not need it, but newβ¦.aaaaa…when we slip into something new, we feel soooooo sooooo special. pretty, & it helps us forget some of our troubles. Itβs almost like a high or rush. There is a name for itβ¦Retail Therapy.
Retail Therapyβ¦how do we use this therapy? Well, let me tell you.
When to use this therapy:
First upβ¦
When we have had a hard day with the kidsβ¦nothing like a good shopping day at the mall won’t help.
Next
My fight with my best friend, my husband, boss etcβ¦aaaaa yesβ¦serve me up some retail therapy
And yes don’t forgetβ¦
Let me have some retail therapy it will be my outlet for my frustrations and my reliever of stress. It’s a lot less addictive than Prozacβ¦
Nothing beats spending money to forget about your troubles.
Is it that innocent? True for a while it might make you feel good, but then this therapy might lead to other troubles. Remember the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic, it became something far serious. Credit card debt.
So inconclusion, yes we can enjoy retail therapy & yes it can make us feel good.
We just need to use it, like butter on your toast. Nice & lite.
Fun fact: While most women – 65% – said they enjoy retail therapy, unsurprisingly 44% of men claim to only shop when they have to. (Aaaaa what a surpriseβ¦NOTβ¦ LOL )
β€ Confessions of an Owner of a consignment boutiqueβ¦.telling it to you straight no sugar coatingβ¦for your retail therapyβ¦.shop consignment first.
~ Martha
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