Shop til you drop

[ktheodos]

It's amazing how much shopping people do.....almost like it's a competition....

[oldbuddy]

It's amazing how much shopping people do.....almost like it's a competition....

Don't remind me. Yesterday a local store had a half price sale on little drones and my wife wanted one for some grandkids. She is still recovering from a concussion and didn't feel well enough to go pick one up, so I got drafted.

It was bad enough that the traffic turned a normally 15 minute trip to the store into an hour each way, but when I got there it was so busy I had to ask 3 clerks where to find the item with no luck, then when I finally did find a manager he informed me that at that price they were long gone, so I spent the next hour driving back home empty handed. Oh the joy of shopping.

[BATISTAGIRL663]

Oh my goodness I understand what you’re saying I normally do my shopping online but had to go to the grocery store had to end up going to to Kroger’s and the Walmart to find the powdered milk I was looking for It was crazy all three places one Kroger I had to drive around the parking lot for what seemed like 25 minutes just to find a parking spot there were none available

[nmbrown863]

I know. I know its Christmas Eve and expected but gosh were the lines long at the stores today.

[dreamyxo]

I don't shop nearly as much as I used to. In the last year I have stopped.  I realize I have way too much stuff like clothes.  I can count on one hand how many new clothes I bought this year.  You shopaholics can have at it.  I'm saving my money.  Don't need more useless stuff.

[potluck6]

Yes had to buy 30 presents for 10 people 3 each my kids and grandkids. None that expensive spent 27.00 for pjs for my daughter most expensive item. Now my grandson has a bday jan3rd and my son's girlfriends daughter has a bday Jan 4th. So have to shop again. Will maybe go to Wal-Mart online or in store. People do shop a lot. It's the only time of year that I shop so much. Good thing it's only once a year.

[mardukblood2009]

I don almost all my shopping online. I had all my Christmas shopping done by the end of the summer this year. I buy through out the year so I don't have to deal with any mess.

[makeblessed]

I don't do that type of shopping anymore; when I was younger and still  working full time friends and I would do it;but since retiring I no longer want to put or have that type of energy; when I shop I am focus know what I want and make it a habit to go to the mall on weekdays early in the morning when stores open and most folks are working! it was fun back in the day but just in a different season of life now.

[ghunter]

I really don't like to shop, but I did early and was not out there shopping for Christmas, because I don't like the crowds.

[killers2]

Yeah I  cannot believe so many people do it.  My girlfriends family shops so much while I try to avoid it. 

[alice44]

I never did enjoy the frenzy.  Thank goodness for the PC!

[judylucas]

I'm not and never have been a shopper and for sure not on Christmas eve

[Kimdud22]

I do agree. My store was a mad house all week up till Christmas and after all the returns. Looked like we were tore to shreds.

[pstovall]

I had to go to Kroger the day before Christmas Eve, and it was packed, but everybody was so nice.  The spirit of Christmas was alive and well.  I needed garlic powder and could find only a really big jar.  People were crowded around the spice aisle, and I commented to the lady next to me that I needed only a small amount  of the powder and that the only jar I could find was huge.  Two other people started helping me find a smaller jar, and I was thankful for their help.  People were really courteous about letting you through with your shopping cart.  Traffic jams were everywhere!

[aflyingmonkey]

It's amazing how much shopping people do.....almost like it's a competition....

Don't remind me. Yesterday a local store had a half price sale on little drones and my wife wanted one for some grandkids. She is still recovering from a concussion and didn't feel well enough to go pick one up, so I got drafted.

It was bad enough that the traffic turned a normally 15 minute trip to the store into an hour each way, but when I got there it was so busy I had to ask 3 clerks where to find the item with no luck, then when I finally did find a manager he informed me that at that price they were long gone, so I spent the next hour driving back home empty handed. Oh the joy of shopping.

Oh, I know that joy of shopping. This is why I have turned to online shopping in life as much as possible... the hassle isn't worth it & turning up empty handed because they're out, or whatever is such a time waster. ugh.