Margaret Mahy Quotes

My mother likes to say that I was conceived to shop - not just born to shop. My whole life as a child was following her and her sister and friends around on her shopping trips.

Shopping stresses me out.

Shopping seemed to take an entirely too important place in women's lives. You never saw men milling around in men's departments. They made quick work of it. I used to wonder if shopping was a form of escape for women who had no worthwhile interests.

I walked inside Macy’s and faced the pathetic spectacle of a department store full of shoppers, none of whom were shopping for themselves. Without the instant gratification of a self-aimed purchase, everyone walked around in the tactical stupor of the financially obligated.

Bad shopping habits die hard.

I actually hate shopping.

I despise shopping and department stores.

I shop more than most women.

I hate to shop.

I don't shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping's sake.

Women just love to shop.

When not eating, I like shopping; although I'm afraid I've become a bit of a cliche.

Shopping is a bit of a relaxing hobby for me, which is sometimes troubling for the bank balance.

Because I love shopping, my house is overflowing with clothes. Most of them were bought by myself.

I'll use any excuse to buy a new backpack.

I am a shopaholic, I hit the malls and shops whenever I feel low or bored.

That's a lot more legitimate than the retail therapy I do.

I buy everything in sight. It took my last ounce of control not to buy one of these in every color.

Wonderful, I like cars, too, I like all the great things you can buy in a department store. But when you have to buy them in order to stay unaware, comatose, then the price you pay is too high.

If I like it, I'll buy it; pure impulse shopping.

I don't understand shopping, it doesn't make any sense to me. As guys, we decide we want something and then we go out and buy it. Women go to the store having no idea what they're going to buy, or what they're even doing, it's like a whole different sport. It's like going to a football game to maybe watch a game. I don't get it.

I can't go more than 72 hours without shopping, but I don't think I'm excessive.

I'm on a shoppin spree to get whatever is in store

We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear.

Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.