Consumerism as retail therapy?
“I don’t need anything. I don’t need a bag,” Kwawu said, and sighed. She barely looked at the pricey but practical gray sweater coat she was supposed to be buying, already wrapped in an elaborate origami of tissue at her elbow. She only had eyes for the $695 green-and-black handbag next to it that looked so cute when she slung it over her shoulder and twirled in front of the mirror a few minutes earlier.
Returning hunger for retail therapy thaws out credit cards – washingtonpost.com
This is a major problem within our society and economy. There was nothing wrong with the way this person was acting recently, before she came out of her shell as it were. She was being rather frugal. My thinking is by what you need. Of course we all have some small luxuries that we do not want to give up but they’re not $695 dollar purses. The small things may also be within your means which is the important thing. Lastly, shopping should never be associated with the word therapy.
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