Jolie said:
It could well be =) I learned hard-core shopping from my mom. Mind you, I'm the kind that drives guys crazy, ala,
GIRL. WE ARE MEANT TO BE. MY BÆ.
I will drive my boyfriend absolutely nuts when I ask him to go to the mall/outlets/wherever with me. I was the same way with my dad. I, too, learned everything from my mother. But I'll go around with my boyfriend and not get anything, but I will go HAM when I'm with my friends. Shopping is an event for me. Like, I will drive out at 9 AM and not return until 9 PM. You know, because you have to pre-game going to the mall (I always go shopping with friends), so we meet up for breakfast. Then we do some light shopping where we go around and not get anything, just kind of window shopping.
Then noon hits and we get a snack, then BAM. I mean, the shopping hits you, hard in the face with a baseball bat. Swiping, emptying wallets, and over the course of 6 hours you get braver and start venturing toward Tori Burch or Michael Kors or Gucci... And by the end of it, you have all this glorious
happiness surrounding you in the form of clothes and shoes and makeup... And then you think to yourself and say, "Aria, you are a college student. Should you be spending this much money?"
You feel bad for a bit, then your mind says, "YES, ARIA, YOU WORKED HARD FOR THIS MONEY AND GODDAMMIT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE A DOCTOR AND YOU CAN GO SHOPPING ALL THE TIME. ALL THE DAMN TIME." So everything is okay and you have no regrets at all.
I know it sounds like I have a problem, but I don't. I really don't. I just like shopping.