Oops, I Did It Again…
Jamie Cullum’s singing ‘These Are The Days" on MTV. It’s been the whole afternoon since I switched on the telly. Well, if you have to know where I’d been since morning….. I was ermm, off to shopping mall for rounds of retail therapies after many many many days of deprivation. Don’t start rolling your eyes, ok.. I was having enormous stress and retail therapy is essential to keep me going…
But maybe, just maybe… I errm, ermmm, went a bit too far… In just 3 hours’ time I… Just put it this way, if I were to shop like this every month, I could have another car, yeah, a brand new Honda City… Oh nooooo, that much I’ve splashed out??!!! Jamie Cullum, more soothing jazzy songs for me please please pleeeeeeeeease…else am totally gonna develope hypertension, like now!! Oh sweet christ, what was I thinking…
But then again, I was just investing in my career growth, wasn’t I? People said dress for success, didn’t they?? So what is so wrong about being serious wanting to climb up the corporate ladder??? Mmmmm, yea, I am right, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that… Besides, it was such a GREAT deal, I mean, too great to pass. You see, you get one really cute blouse free if you purchase 2 of them and the best part is that you get to choose the FREE, yes, F.R.E.E blouse from the entire collection! Isn’t that fantastic?! I don’t remember having a sky blue nor a chic black blouse. Just when I went round the shop to choose my third FREE blouse, I spotted a divine and elegant MUST HAVE… MY eyes were fixed on that pretty thing and I fell in love with it. It was a classic love at first sight, I swear!!! So you see, I was in a really difficult situation… Now, am the proud owner of everything mentioned above 
Oh wait, did I mentioned I chosed a FREE sweet pinkish blouse?
Well, if work isn’t stressed enough… Last night came home and saw my new favourite, white ZARA suit back from dry cleaning. Of coz, I scrutinised every inch of the clothe to make sure it’s been cleaned properly and that’s when my blood went boiling!!!!! There were yellowish stains everywhere, even at the hemline of the skirt!!!! Were they completely out of their mind?!!! It should be handled with care, WITH CARE!!!! How can I not be upset, you tell me!!! Mind ya, one time, one time I wore them. STUPID!!!! I can’t handle this. I am going to the shop and they are going to gimme an explanation and do what they can to get rid of the stains, else, they can either gimme back my 500 bucks or appear in all the local newspapers!
I was and still am traumatised!! Maybe I should go look at the new black thousand-fold-skirt I bought… maybe that would calm me down a little… Opps, yea, I bought not just one skirt but two. I simply had to… It’s a great bargain, mind you. It’s 50% for the purple one (I need a purple skirt to go with my purple blazer since purple skirt came together with blazer was RUINED by another dumb a** dry cleaner some times ago!!!) Guess what, 2 skirts from the shop and now am in their VIP list!!!
Now, it won’t hurt to do some window shopping, right? So off I went to M** and Miss Sel******. I was just gonna take a look…. but, I got sidetracked just a bit and it wasn’t really my fault… Those are birthday pressies I bought for myself.
The whole retail therapy wouldn’t be complete without going to shoe shops… Chill and relax, I didn’t get anything from any shop… because.. because I have extremely good self control. Okay, that’s a lie… shoes that I wanted were out of size!! Nothing can come between me and pretty shoes!
Ummmm, my guilt level is so much lower now. I am not a binge shopper and I have self control!! You see, the way my system works is, you shop this month and you don’t for the next month. Besides, I am gonna lock and secure all credit cards somewhere beyond reach… Hmm, where should I keep ‘em?
Shopaholic? Shopaholism? Oh bugger it, that’s not even close to a CRIME!!
But… I would love to live a normal-non-shopaholic life, perhaps…
