LadyLou -> RE: Shopping slavery (5/3/2009 7:10:24 AM)
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Shopping for me is a planned out, army-style reconnaissance-type mission. It's not (always) fun for me. I can't just buy stuff, I have to walk into various stores, compare prices, try things on, compare ingredient lists (if appropriate). I want to purchase the best quality I can for my budget – whilst shopping I'm constantly evaluating quality vs price. I have very specific tastes. I absolutely hate lugging bags around. I hate retracing my steps into a store I was in earlier to get something I have decided on. I absolutely hate walking around bustling, crowded towns/cities – seriously, seriously hate it.... Is it appealing having someone with me at my beck and call to alleviate the burden of my obsessive-compulsive consumer brain, to carry bags, run errands, etc? HELL YES. Alas, my sub lives 200+ miles away, so I don't have that luxury anymore. Thank goodness for online shopping is all I can say! Most things I buy nowadays are ordered online. Having a foot rub after a long day of shopping? Never happened, but sounds blooming lovely. Thing is, I don't really enjoy shopping (most of the time). It doesn't excite me. I don't really 'do' girly-girly pretty things much. I'm more of a practical person – I buy what I need, I don't fall into the consumerist trap *too* much. Fact is, I don't need 20 pairs of foot-aching shoes that I'll hardly ever wear. I don't need endless supplies of unpractical clothes, sexy lingerie, make-up and jewellery... heck, I don't even wear jewellery. If I buy lingerie, 9.98 times out of 10, it will be utterly unsexy lady-boxers, or the miracle of engineering that is my fav brand of over-shoulder-boulder-holders. If I do treat myself to something, it's more likely to be a gadget or something for my gadgets. Or at the moment, camping supplies. Mmm.... camping supplies are really floating my consumer boat at the moment! Hell yeah. [:D] As for having someone pay for it all? Sounds like a very nice dream. In reality, my experience has been I get a bit weird when my sub spends money on me, and that has just been for practical stuff. I wouldn't allow it for faffy stuff I don't need (except for birthdays/Christmas). But anyway, fact is, neither of us would (often) be spending money on faffy/frivolous things we don't actually need – we are both self-confessed tight-wads.
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