My
steps faltered as I stepped out into the scorching sun. I checked my watch
again, with a hope that there might be some time to spare. But the watch
showed no mercy. It was my wonderland and I was stepping out of it in 15 min after
buying only what I needed. Outside, colorful and intricately decorated artifacts
lured me to pause, but I rushed past them. That Sunday when I had to work from
home, this added to my already long cribbing list.
I
think, the shopophobes are already bored, and the Shopaholics have probably
never experienced this (nothing would make them leave the shop without buying
what they get attracted to). So that leaves Shop-o-philics like me. I think my
intelligent readers (if any) will get this term.
Seriously,
it feels like ages since I have shopped wholeheartedly. I remember the idle
walks through the Brigade road and Church Street when I wanted a big break and
through the local Malleshwaram crosses when it was a ‘chhota’ break. I have
found similar zones in Mumbai as well, but the excessive crowd and heat/rain (specially if outside a mall) is
the downer. It’s not that I end up buying or spending a lot, just small things
- sometimes useful sometimes useless. Thankfully, for me and my husband, I don’t
have the guts to spend lump sum amount at a time. After selecting 5-6 things at
a time, I still end up discarding a few, just before the cash counter.
But one thing which is
very different from my friends who like Shopping is that I truly like to shop alone. With nobody to influence my
choice and more importantly complain about the time I take, it also ends up
being a perfect ‘me’ time.
I realize that it is
not so much fun, writing about Shopping as I thought it would be. Anyways, it
had been a long time since I posted anything. Besides, just like my shopping,
when I have really written anything ‘useful’.
