Sunday, January 07, 2007

Shopping





Hop into any shopping malls, you will see 8 out of 10 retail outlets sell items for women, excepts Funan IT mall and Sim Lim Sqaure of course. Every 3 outlets, there is probably a shoe shop, or a handbag shop.

Shoes...Pretty Fit, Vincii, Nine West, Charles & Keith are among the popular brands.

Bags... Guess, Coach, Gucci, Dior, and..you can always see a women carrying a LV every 5 meters you walk along Orchard.

As a man, I can't understand why women likes shopping so much ? They flustered when there is a sale happening, they gleamed with pride when they get a good bargain, they feel good when someone noticed they are wearing something they just bought(guys, hint : compliment if they are wearing something new).

And its not something new. As a kid i used to accompany mum shopping. Its dreadful, and utterly boring. Not to mention embarassed when you are near to the brassiere section. And often now, I see poor boyfriends waiting either inside or outside the shops staring into the open space, some looks retarded, God bless them. Girls will fight back saying its an act of showing affection to their girlfriend/wife.

I have a theory. Its from the movies. Movies influenced us alot. Movies showing Audrey Hepburn shopping till today Sex and the City showing Carrie with her Manolo shoes and bags. Many people started smoking too, because it looks cool like James Dean.

If the movies starts to show Beckham shopping, maybe you'll see men with shopping bags in the near future.

2 comments:

Michelle said...

Men can never get it. Just don't bother to understand. Just like I can't understand why men are so crazy over football. It's utterly boring when guys start talking about football.......... and they won't stop.

Anyway, to put it simple, shopping to women is like football to men =P YOu will never understand the psychology effect shopping has on women. Study shown men like to repair stuff, it makes them happy. Perhaps, like men repair stuff, shopping caused women's body to produce endorphine, thus creating happiness for us~~ get it? hehe...

Anonymous said...

Shopping gives me orgasms.Or something close to them.When I'm in a shop that sells fabulous shoes or bags or accessories or clothes or whatever,I feel a sort of lifting sensation,tantamount to but short of an orgasm.

The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility applies to us not.