Got that out of my system
Dec. 17th, 2009 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muck_a_luckI have decided that shopping is bad.
I never shop. I want little. But at this time of year, I assemble wishlists for various relatives to use, which causes me to shop, which causes me to see stuff and then I want the stuff.
I'm pretty sure I said this last year.
I think our economy probably runs on this. People go out, they see stuff they never thought of or desired, the decide they want or need it, they buy it.
I don't like the feeling of wanting stuff. It makes me cranky and makes me feel greedy.
I never think of myself as a particularly zen person. But maybe I have accidentally achieved something like a still pond in regards to desire, and if I would just quit throwing stones in once a year, I would maintain this happy absence of desire.
That said, I *did* spoil myself with some stuff. While shopping, I visited www.dudegirl.com. Now, I don't usually buy yoga clothes from specialty vendors, because www.bepresent.com and Dude Girl and Prana and whoever else is out there - I feel like they are selling clothes to ladies who lunch. I am not one of them. I like to look at the clothes they buy, but I don't actually buy those clothes. $75 for a pair of workout pants? Pfft. See you at Old Navy. But Dude Girl had their signature tank for $15.60 and a couple of really nice looking pairs of pants for under $25, so I got that stuff. Husband is going to put it under the tree for me. And if I love the tank, I might go back and get a couple more.
I never shop. I want little. But at this time of year, I assemble wishlists for various relatives to use, which causes me to shop, which causes me to see stuff and then I want the stuff.
I'm pretty sure I said this last year.
I think our economy probably runs on this. People go out, they see stuff they never thought of or desired, the decide they want or need it, they buy it.
I don't like the feeling of wanting stuff. It makes me cranky and makes me feel greedy.
I never think of myself as a particularly zen person. But maybe I have accidentally achieved something like a still pond in regards to desire, and if I would just quit throwing stones in once a year, I would maintain this happy absence of desire.
That said, I *did* spoil myself with some stuff. While shopping, I visited www.dudegirl.com. Now, I don't usually buy yoga clothes from specialty vendors, because www.bepresent.com and Dude Girl and Prana and whoever else is out there - I feel like they are selling clothes to ladies who lunch. I am not one of them. I like to look at the clothes they buy, but I don't actually buy those clothes. $75 for a pair of workout pants? Pfft. See you at Old Navy. But Dude Girl had their signature tank for $15.60 and a couple of really nice looking pairs of pants for under $25, so I got that stuff. Husband is going to put it under the tree for me. And if I love the tank, I might go back and get a couple more.
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Date: 2009-12-18 12:58 am (UTC)