WANTED: Shopping pal

Years ago, I had a friend and we did lots of cool stuff together.  This friend--oh, let's for the hell of it just call her Judy--and I used to go to the movies, attend local meetings, and SHOP.

Then she moved away.  Although I've made other friends, none of them have been shopping buddies.  I miss that.  I miss going to look at dishes, and furniture, and BOOKS, and office supplies, and music and stuff.  And the thing is, while I still love to window shop for these things, I hate doing it alone. 

Lots of times I'll think about going to mall to look at china (not to buy, I already have a beautiful set of "good" china) and glassware.  I love walking through Macy's Home Center and seeing all the pretty patterns and baubles.  I love looking at the Egyptian Cotton sheets, and all the wonderful small appliances that I don't need or have room for in my tiny kitchen.  But I don't have anyone to share that with.

I love to go in Michael's or Joann's and look at the material, the crafts, the pictures frames, the stickers, and the candles, but usually I'm with my hubby who can't get in and out of those places fast enough.  (He can't stand the ever-present scent of potpourri.)

The only thing I don't like to shop for is clothes -- or shoes.  That's just painful.

Sometimes when my friend Coop comes home to visit, we go to bookstores, but often we just sit in a restaurant and gab for hours.  We need to so some serious shopping when she comes back in April. 

Until then, I'll just think about shopping.  If nothing else, it saves money.

Comments

[Gwendolyn Nelson]

I found when I had little kids the only place I could go to be alone was shopping. I'd dump the kids with hubby and then go look at whatever I wanted -- I was so thrilled to be alone ! No one demanding or expecting anything of me -- now that the kids are older, I guess I should reconsider solitary shopping trips -- but they've come to mean FREEDOM. Plus, I seem to know the world's busiest people. Amazing how most people seem to schedule their lives weeks ahead...so the old "spontaneous" Let's go to the Mall!' situations that used to spring up when i was young and single just plain don't happen anymore.
Gwen