leather studded kisses;

title: if it were to turn into an obsession
date: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
time:11:18:00 AM

Delight arising from retail therapy compares to absolutely nothing.
To be able to browse through racks of apparel and purchase an item is itself a boon.Not everyone is granted with similar opportunity.There are still many lives living in poverty that never got a chance to experience the few luxuries of spending.

The 'Singaporean life' that we are leading makes retail therapy appear more casual than in some countries.Tell me of any Singaporean that has never got the chance to hit the shopping malls to make a purchase in their entire lifetime.I'm positive that your findings will return with zilch.Zero.The only difference between the various living classes here is how often we do it.
(Read: no matter how underprivileged some Singaporeans are, we are all still capable of spending once in a while.)

In that case, we can never declare ourselves as a pauper because we can still afford a few non essentials every now and then.
In some poverty stricken countries, to be able to have a decent meal is already considered as a windfall.To able to enjoy retail therapy like us is enough to send them to cloud nine.

Yet why is it that we always feel that it is never enough?
We are endlessly thinking of making more money only to fulfill our cravings for this & that.
We are.All the time.
We splurge to fulfill our lusts only to realise that we don't really need that purchase.

Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that retail therapy is unacceptable.

It is, afterall, a past time which help cures depression.The only trouble is, if it becomes an obsession.When we insists that it is never enough.When we throw our hard-earned money to items that somehow offer us instant gratification.

On a whole, i still take retail therapy as the greatest leisure pursuit ever.I fancy it as much as you do.I do admit that i binge once in a while.I'm appreciative of what i have and i feel that as long as i can keep retail therapy as a past time, i see nothing wrong in taking this form of art to occupy my leisure hours.

I'm loving that four leaves clover necklace & bracelet that dad bought me.=)

Love,
vinTage dreams.

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