Shopaholics Anonymous!

How come some people have all the time in the world and others don't? This is an interesting question! There are some people who have time to get their work done, meet friends constantly, be in a new relationship, pursue multiple interests, make time for family, read often, sleep more than I do... Oh this list seems endless!! And then there are others like me, who wake up with just enough time in the mornings to get ready, gulp breakfast and beg my brother to drop me off at the bus stop, come back home do nothing and still crib that I have no time in life!
In a sense this means that it is now time for introspection. I often tell myself that I am not extremely fit physically and this means that I need to work out sometimes. My efforts to do that in the past have met with disastrous results! (details here: http://bhavanasm.blogspot.com/2009/05/bright-eyed-bushy-tailed.html) But in spite of this, I still tell myself constantly that I am going to start working out. Well, I am sure I will.. sooner or later! In fact, I have already made plans to go and buy running shoes as soon as possible! I saw this lovely pair of pink shoes in the Nike Store the other day! I am just waiting to buy it..

I have also been advised that I need to pursue hobbies.. wait! whatever gave this adviser the idea that I don't have hobbies! Of course I do! I have a wonderful hobby.. Shopping! Whatever gave people the idea that this is an easy hobby to pursue! It is so difficult when I have to go to Shopper's Stop or Bangalore Central only once in twenty days! Why! Just about 2 months ago when I went to Shopper's Stop, they had suddenly changed the entire layout of the place. I entered it and I was dumbstruck, I knew I was out of touch.

That's not all! Every so often, I go to one of these malls and realize that some of the things on display there are so beautiful.. But, then there comes my mom's voice booming in my head, "NO SHOPPING!!" How fair is it that, some people are allowed to do all the shopping they want, and I am not allowed to?
My brother for instance, is allowed to do all the shopping that he wants! Is it my problem that he wants to go only when he really really needs to? Which is like once in a year? I think there should be a rule which says allow people to go shopping whenever they want to!

I can so connect to Rebecca Bloomswood who is my favorite fictional character from the Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella. Poor girl is in great turmoil right now. The latest novel is set in the England which is caught in the midst of a recession. The girl has been given an ultimatum by her husband not to buy new till she has worn everything in her cupboard at-least three times! Poor poor Becky!

And they say life is simple!!