What a drag after so much fun shopping for it. I have been cleaning out my clothes closet this weekend!! So now, so much to give away! Must not shop for the next............... few days, weeks months or even next few years!
But, like a drug/alcohol addict, I know I will need that weekly fix (reward) again very soon, or I maybe subjected to withdrawal symptoms of depression on top of anxiety. We females seem to need that mindless reward of walking aimlessly around a mall after a busy week. The quick fix of buying something new to wear. A boost to our self esteem?
Interesting the way we western women buy clothes as a reward. Another pair of anything, or a new top of any kind we really don’t need, but why do we keep on buying???
The truth is we really need IT!! Men have their own very strange wants and addictions, we women have very simple needs! To shop and shop!
Why at last are the car manufacturers realizing it is the women who mostly make the choice as to which car to buy? That chauvinistic car sales man who onced asked me, “ where has your husband gone” when my husband left to play cards when we purchased the good looking, but very badly engineered VW bug!
Whether, cars or washing machines, or where to eat out, if it comes to buying power, women do a lot of spending.
All of the above is of course tong in cheek. In the western world, even though going through such tough financial time are so very much more fortunate than most of the rest of the world. For the most part we still do have the ability, culture and the choice to buy something on a regular bases, whether from Target or Niemen’s.
Which, is another new topic for my blog………… Why are clothes still so cheap?? They have not increased in price in the last 20 years.
Picking cotton, or sheering sheep, or producing micro fiber, the process of producing clothing is very labor intense. Yet, we can still buy a pair of pants with all that hands on work for $30.00! Amazing! Most people don’t realize the amount of work involved to produce the fabric, the cutting and sewing involved to produce a garment, and then for the retailer to mark up and make a profit!
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