Retail Therapy Reject Gifts

'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.

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

Peephole in a pile of presents (colour).

Cut Price

"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!"

'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."

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

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

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

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

"I shop, therefore I am."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

"Do you do much walking?"

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

Item #3715 - cozy cardigan

'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.'

"Everything's gone up."

A young couple selects items from a shop.

Kensington Fluffies