Shopping - a Growing Proce$$

for those who are ardent readers of my blog... here's one that typically describes shopping in my humble opinion. Shopping, if anyone really bothers to do research on this, is actually a process and definitely an addictive habit too. Shopping, just like the ageing process, takes on many facets and changes along with your changing needs.

When single, one shops incessantly for the latest fashion not caring about the pricetag that comes along until the credit bill arrives ever so promptly in your mailbox. Be it that one new limited edition handbag or that new pair of boots that would give an oomph to match your persona, shopping seems to be the cure-all to naggy mothers, demanding bosses and the cute bachelor next door.

When married and settled into a new home, one shops for home items - furniture, electrical equipment, decoration, photo frames to store all those wonderful memories (of being single, sob sob...), kitchen paraphenalia, toiletries (and suddenly you've got plenty more to buy instead of struggling to label them and fight for what's yours and his), bedspreads and bedsheets and the list goes on.

When expecting, you shop for cute baby stuff - milk bottles, small baby pillows, diapers, pacifiers (in all shapes, sizes, colours and texture), baby booties and mittens and those jumper suits that makes your kiddo looks either like a lovable bunny or a toothless dragon.

When your child is growing, you shop to keep the little one dressed up prettily and find hair accessories of all shapes and colours to match that new red dress or that racial harmony day outfit and shoes that make the adult's version look uggly and huge.

When your child is going to school, you shop for stationery sets, colour pencils in all price ranges, crayons, textbooks, workbooks, assessment books, files (check out the strawberry shortcake collection... it's improved drastically since 2 decades ago...), water bottles, school attire, suitable coloured hair clips that the kiddo can wear with her uniform and still look UNIQUE (geez, isn't that ironical? People wear uniforms to look...well...uniform but you have to try to be UNIQUE among the uniformed crowd???... like they say, it's only human nature not to be satifsfied).

When child grows up? i guess i can only post this much later on... till then, let's jus carry on shopping...