Impulse Shopping Analyst Gifts

Junk food is placed near produce section in grocery store.

"They're on special offer so I got three times more than I could ever use for twice as much as I could afford!"

'Going...Going...Gone! Sold to the lady with more money than sense.'

"If the economy's ground to a halt, we can help by carrying on shopping."

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"I hate it when they put kittens in the impulse buying section."

"I always end up buying way more black-truffle honey than I intended."

'We don't know what it is but it was in the sale so we thought we'd better get one before they sold out.'

'Man, I've bought heaps on my credit card this month...It always amazes me...How many things I'd rather have than money.'

"The door-to-door sales rep was very persuasive, but in my defense he only sold me one."

"Twenty-five thousand, do I hear thirty thousand? Let me remind you all - this is the last Thin Mint cookie in the sleeve..."

"Forget it – we're not buying some expensive sex robot for it to end up unused in the garage with the massaging armchair and the rowing machine."

"I went by the pet store this morning, just for a peek."

"I wish you wouldn't buy things from people who come to the door."

"Let's just get through this first aisle...then we'll discuss your impulse buying."

'When it comes to shopping, not only does the buck stop here, but so do the fives, tens, twenties, fifties and hundreds.'

Woman impulsively buying a book about how to stop impulse buying.

'We should have bought the piano first, and built the igloo around it.'

"I shop to forget what I bought last year."

Man goes from instant cash machine to instant spending.

"Never mind what's in the box. That'll be discussed at the end of the month."

"You really shouldn't shop when you're hungry."

"Hi honey, do we need anything for the junk drawer?"

'Maturity: the instant-degratification phase of life.'

'Look at the adorable garden gnome I bought today!!'

"I'll have all that, and this."

'It was an impulse buy Mary. At 75 percent off in the New Year sale AND free home delivery. . .'

'You're the first person to ask for a shopping hour in addition to a lunch hour.'

If you don't see what you want, buy something you don't want!

"So, did you pick up anything at the farmers' market?"

I don't think we should have linked the remote to the credit card

"I balance my manic compulsive buying with manic buyer's remorse."