Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping. - Karl Lagerfeld “ Money was one of the most frequently mentioned topics in sustainability conversations, with consumers discussing the difficulty of living a sustainable lifestyle on a limited budget, especially when it comes to buying food. Or is it because you are bored and want something new? Are you trying to make yourself feel better by buying something new? Are you buying it to impress someone else, real or imagined? I did a lot of shopping for her in Tokyo because the colors here are very conservative. A shopaholic would have a coat in every color and lots of accessories.” Looking for a therapist, but not sure where to start? Psych Central’s How to Find Mental Health Support resource can help.

I like to thrift. I think it’s the funnest thing ever. But it’s a sport: You have to wake up, eat, and then it’s a whole day.On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it’s instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years. - Judith Krantz “

The Hearth of the Ram also shut earlier this year and is currently up for sale. The recent departures have prompted an outpouring of sadness, with many fearing the possibility of further casualties. Online shopping is your only “coping mechanism” when you’re feeling low or anxious – it’s important to have a wide range of healthy self-care strategies for when we’re feeling down or upset. What are the causes of compulsive shopping? Halloween is the beginning of the holiday shopping season. That's for women. The beginning of the holiday shopping season for men is Christmas Eve.” You know that thing when you see someone cute and he smiles and your heart kind of goes like warm butter sliding down hot toast? Well that’s what it’s like when I see a store. Only it’s better. - Rebecca Bloomwood, Confessions of a Shopaholic “It was one of those puzzling facts of life that women either celebrated a happy event or solved their problems with a shopping spree. To give you an example, I could buy a really cute set of candles for my living room from that little boutique shop I told you about earlier, but I know that I’d have to move and dust them. Besides, I have plenty of candles (sitting in a cupboard) so I don’t need any more. When I do have them out, I usually forget to light them anyway! Although the candles look pretty, I don’t need them and when I really think about it, I kind of prefer my living room to be clutter-free, easy to tidy and visually calm. The best way to get anybody’s attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills. Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard it as a sacred duty to encourage the country’s most revolting spectacle: the annual feeding frenzy in which shoppers queue all night, then stampede into the shops, elbow, trample and sometimes fight to be the first to carry off some designer junk which will go into landfill before the sales next year. The madder the orgy, the greater the triumph of economic management.” ― George Monbiot