Retail Therapy Rebels Gifts

Consumer Therapy

'That's it then - I'll take the slinky high-heeled cocktail number in a 5 and the everyday workshoe in a 7...'

Sale on the same stuff as last week.

Two women wearing identical dresses head toward exchange window at department store.

Peephole in a pile of presents (colour).

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

'What do you do with the time you save?'

Cut Price

'She's so put together!'

"My online account predicts the things I should own, then buys them with my credit card. It�s very convenient, but I do now need to move to a larger house."

"This is a clever little shop. It makes you think it would be fun to own a lamp."

Wolf trying on sheep's clothing at a retail store.

Mall Directory: You aren't here x - where the heck are you?

Hamlet's struggle with online shopping addiction. To eBay or not to eBay.

"I shop, therefore I am."

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

"Wait a sec, I have a coupon around here somewhere."

You're telling me not to choose sides between Google and Apple. Precisely. Computer Villa. Stay neutral. Continue to support both companies. Emotionally. Right. By buying as much as you can from both companies. Doesn't that only benefit you? Heretic. Absolve yourself by upgrading your phone! Computer Villa.

'It's nothing serious. Rest is the best cure for binge shopping.'

"T-shirt weather's coming. How ready are you?"

"Amazon's new A.I. just 'gets' me."

'They've certainly got designs on your purse!'

"Sure, shopping online is faster and cheaper, but there's something almost sensuous about carrying an armload of packages!"

Stuff: You Don't Really Need But Still Don't Have.

"I'm starting my own movement—Occupy Fifty-Seventh Street."

"Do you do much walking?"

'I love shopping for clothing I don't need with money I don't have.'

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

"Shopping! Now that's what I call quality time!"

"It's the only way I can justify buying so many shoes."

"Everything's gone up."

'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.'

A young couple selects items from a shop.

Item #3715 - cozy cardigan

Kensington Fluffies