LadyLou
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Joined: 7/10/2006 Status: offline
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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. 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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