Retail Therapy Renegade T-Shirts

'Good heavens, Margaret, the bailout was for wall street, not for you.'

'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.

'Now that I've lost weight, I can't afford new clothes in my size.'

"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!"

Peephole in a pile of presents (colour).

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

'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."

Hiding the electronics.

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.

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

"I shop, therefore I am."

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

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

'This is too small. Get me a 12...How many times?! I'm a 10 or a 12 on top and a 12 or 14 on the bottom depending on the shop, the cut of the fabric, the ambient air temperature, and the rotation of Pluto...and we always try the 10 first capiche?'

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.

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

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

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

"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?"

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

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

"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.'