RETAIL THERAPY 2..... (Ode to Self -indulgence )
Though the shopping destinations may differ,yet the same exhilarating feeling resonates through out each shopping experience .
The intense craving, the insatiable quest for acquiring /procuring and the indescribable bliss it brings after you have liberated those merchandise from the shackles of the stores. The surge of excitement you feel clutching your shopping bags in your arms and more shopping bags in tow, makes you stand so tall with your head almost touching sky.
The intense craving, the insatiable quest for acquiring /procuring and the indescribable bliss it brings after you have liberated those merchandise from the shackles of the stores. The surge of excitement you feel clutching your shopping bags in your arms and more shopping bags in tow, makes you stand so tall with your head almost touching sky.
The intimate, almost sensual yet liberating experience retail therapy provides . The anticipation and the build-up that keeps you up at night when the urge to get those shoes makes you quiver with lust.
The unbridled passion, the wantoness of spending your money and swiping your cards.The unfathomable joy you get when the sales person hands you the items.
In those moments, where all the worries and troubles melt away.... the floating feeling that makes the harsh realities of life dissolve momentarily and all that matters is just buying and buying...
Power so potent and life altering that even occasionally, when you repulse the urge to get the hand bag and you go cold turkey,the image of that bag will taunt and haunt for more than a decade.
The unbridled passion, the wantoness of spending your money and swiping your cards.The unfathomable joy you get when the sales person hands you the items.
In those moments, where all the worries and troubles melt away.... the floating feeling that makes the harsh realities of life dissolve momentarily and all that matters is just buying and buying...
Power so potent and life altering that even occasionally, when you repulse the urge to get the hand bag and you go cold turkey,the image of that bag will taunt and haunt for more than a decade.
So after the gbogbo anticipation, build-up, the actual experience leading to the climax, then comes the constant "limp effect".
That fleeting despair which accompanies the whole retail therapy ,when your eyes "clears" the next morning. The innate sense of misery peeping out to kick you in the brain when you realise how broke you have become. The huge void it leaves in your account when you get your bank alerts( more like alarms). The regrets that follow.....makes you want to shop again to numb the pains of financial loss...
That fleeting despair which accompanies the whole retail therapy ,when your eyes "clears" the next morning. The innate sense of misery peeping out to kick you in the brain when you realise how broke you have become. The huge void it leaves in your account when you get your bank alerts( more like alarms). The regrets that follow.....makes you want to shop again to numb the pains of financial loss...
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