shopaphobic

how is it that some people shop as a leisure pursuit? and why?? it's so boring, stressfull, and effing expensive. rails and rails of hideously over-priced, impractical garments that'll fall apart in no time, and gimmicky, consumerist hard-sell tactics to make you buy, buy, buy (the material of nightmares). today, unfortunately, I was forced to purchase clothes for my 14 yr old as she's lost and/or grown out of everything, and hasn't had a bag of hand-me-down cast offs from anyone for ages. and what a painful ordeal it was too. oh to live in warmer climes, where all you need is a sarong or two...