Shopping

I like shopping. Sometimes.

When I was about 11, I loved spending hours in department stores, looking at clothes, big plastic earrings and shiny belts (yep, it was the eighties).

But now I'm not so sure. I love shoes, I like makeup, I like pretty clothes, but I hesitate.

I try not to buy things that were probably made by people getting treated poorly. I try not to buy things I won't use (although I do have a stupidly large eyeshadow collection for someone who doesn't tend to wear eyeshadow - blue, green, pink, brown, grey, neutral, purple...). I try to look after the environment. I love Fairtrade. I don't want to buy things that are tested on animals. I want things that fit. I want things that are comfortable. I want things that look good. I want things that are easy to use (I bought a hairdryer/hair straightener and have not mastered it). I try not to support companies that have dubious ethical practices. I don't want to buy things that will run out too quickly, but I don't want things to expire before I've used them (see eyeshadow collection).

I would really like someone else to work it all out for me and then just tell me what I want!

And it's hard at Christmas too. I don't want to buy hippy-alternative presents for people who won't like them, but I refuse to go to the $2 shop for my Secret Santa present. If I'm going to buy something someone won't really use, I may as well make it a Fairtrade ornament so at least the people who make it are happy! :)


PS IUD still going well