Do I love shopping? Are you serious!

Awareness, prompts, Sadje's View
Shopping Trolley in an empty supermarket
Shopping – Image by KL Caley

This photo brings back wonderful memories of shopping in my favorite grocery store in Seattle. Those were pre-Covid days when I loved to go shopping at the slightest excuse. There could be multiple trips to the store in a day as it was a mere 5-7 minutes walk.

I have to admit that I was addicted to shopping in those days. Then Covid happened and we couldn’t even go and fetch our own bread and eggs. Everything was being done through apps, who in turn employed brave people who would venture into stores for grocery and meds on our behalf. It was expensive but safe. And feeling gratitude towards those people who were risking their lives on our behalf, we would include a generous tip in the payment.

The bar imposed on us by circumstance to not visit stores in person made me realize a very important fact. I can do without a lot of things that I used to buy. Cosmetics, clothes, shoes, candy all were frivolous expenditures and could easily be avoided. Perhaps I could order candy once in a while from Amazon, but the rest was not needed.

Now, I am sort of allergic to shopping. I only go to a store, fully masked and equipped with hand sanitizer, to buy things which we really need. No extra, or just for the fun of it, purchase!

Written for WritePhoto – Shopping, hosted by KL Caley

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Published by Sadje

I am writing to express my opinion, share my experiences and to maybe provide some insight. My blog is addressing women at 50 ( but men are welcome to read my posts) ,their issues and the questions that come up at this stage in life. I don’t aim to teach, but to learn together.

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41 thoughts on “Do I love shopping? Are you serious!”

  3. I love this reflective post, Sadje. Brings back lots of memories and feelings; and I adore that you have candy as something that will still need to be ordered. Dark chocolate, perhaps? hahaha. Thanks for sharing, Sadje!

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  4. I am so happy when I don’t have to shop, I rather pay someone and can continue working in the meantime. Also, I have learned that when I use a shopping service I don’t add ‘stuff’ to my list and actually only get what I ordered. So it’s a win-win.

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  11. Awww great take on hopping Sadje. I used to love shopping before having a child, now I can’t imagine anything worse than wasting precious free-time shopping. The exception being bookstores/charity stores, which I like to have a browse of if time allows. Great Post. KL ❤

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