to ask, do you get a lift/high from shopping

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not a high as such just if your feeling low, does buying things help lift you a bit?

it does with me, luckily I can afford to buy treats here and there, I get quite a lot of enjoyment from window shopping, but when I feel low, a little treat like a new make up item, or perfume, or a new dress or some sort of clothing does lift me

I guess it's not too much of an issue as I don't spend what I can't afford so not getting madly in debt

but is this normal
do you get this lift?

Its mainly treat items that get enjoyment from, but even food shopping lifts me a little bit
I like the feeling from a nice full fridge

Winning a bargain on ebay in the last few seconds, for something I really want. I feel so smug satisfied and happy. Its usually stuff for the house though. Although I found an unusual dress the other week for a wedding I am going to for £15

I really like food shopping. I couldn't even tell you why. It could be because I love the sight of a full fridge and I'm a massive fatty

No. I get very little pleasure from shopping. I only shop about once every month to six weeks and the biggest pleasure from it is if everything is in stock so I don't have to go back. I don't get much pleasure even from clothes shopping even though I can get pleasure from wearing them. Bit weird. Does mean I rarely buy stuff I don't need or want though.

I do get a geeky sort of pleasure form buying stationery but that's due to a notebook fetish - nothing to do with shopping as an activity.

I absolutely love shopping and get an enormous high from it and that can be gorgeous clothes or just a food supplement from Amazon .

I hate supermarket shopping, hate walking around town doing clothes etc shopping - especially hate shopping with DCs - things like shoes...
But I like buying stuff like gadgets -cordless hoovers and window vacs ...things to make chores less arduous. I get a lift from that ...
And also getting things 'off my to buy list' - I have a memory like sieve so I need to write things like that down. So eg realised DCs needed new sheets - (really thin - one had holes) - write on list - but I only like getting them 100% cotton and ideally not white/cream... every where I looked (when I remembered) couldn't get them .. then found some in Ikea...yay ...ticked off the list....
Was reading something about ADHD - (DD1 has it, suspect I do too) can't remember what or exactly why - think it was something to do with even as an adult impulsive behaviour can cause problems - someone who kept losing control of their spending and got into debt - part of managing their condition was making sure they always kept the receipts - so when they had reflected they could and did return things...

I dislike shopping, but I don't mind 'shopping trips', the kind that happen at Christmas where morning coffee, then lunch, are priorities.

I do enjoy getting things I need... but having lots of 'stuff' gets me down.

If I have to shop, outdoor shops are my favourite (I like camping).

I love shopping...love love love love love it.
If I could afford it I would go shopping everyday!
I love shopping for food, clothes, make up, books, home stuff etc etc.
Did I mention I love shopping?
I really really do.

Yes I get a manic high when I shop - then I feel sick afterwards thinking of how much I've spent

I hate shopping for clothes, food etc.
But
Art Materials
Nooooo Sketchbooks
Stationery in general

luckily DS1 (14) has this gene and we can happily spend hours in paperchase

I'm a bit of a foodie so I absolutely love food shopping. Whether it's the farmers' market, the local bakery or just The supermarket it's all fun. Wandering round a good food market is my favourite thing to do when I visit somewhere new. I love book shops, too. Or rather I used to love bookshops when such things existed....

Clothes shopping, on the other had, bores me. Trying things on is a hassle, looking for my size likewise. I'd rather be in Lidl

I hate shopping. Even for stuff I need like a new winter coat or something necessary.
What I do like however is seeing a large amount of money in my savings account.

I used to ADORE shopping, but since dc (10 years and counting), I've enjoyed it less and less, to the point where i realise the other day I no longer would care if i ever shopped again. Good for my bank balance but a sign of ageing

Yes, especially online - I love looking forward to something nice arriving in the post, although I invariably feel guilty once it's actually here! Am trying to curb it a bit.

Sainsburys - no
Cult Beauty/H&M/Superdrug - yes

I like grocery shopping a lot but not clothes/high street shopping. I like having a house full of food and actually feel a bit twitchy when we are out of food stuff.

I love having all my appliances working, Dishwasher, Washing Machine and Tumble dryer going currently (no garden for drying), makes me feel like I am doing housework I guess....

Oh yes, I am a bit of a spendthrift

I love food shopping. I like all that is associated with it - meal planning, making the shopping list, wandering around the supermarket (ideally M&S or somewhere like that) and then enjoying the well stocked fridge and cupboards. Makes me feel really on top of things and prepared for anything (other than a prolonged power cut ) I start to feel panicky when food dwindles and I often read threads here where people say they buy ONLY exactly what will be eaten and on the last day before shopping the fridge and cupboards are empty. I could not live like that!

I am not wasteful, we use everything as much as is possible but when we get to about 2 or 3 days worth of food I restock and use the oldest stuff first.

I also really love clothes, home goods and book shopping. I'm partial to a bit of jewellery shopping too.........

each to their own but no, never. Any more that I do from ironing, changing beds, washing clothes. Buying things is a chore that has to be done, whatever the things are.

Yes yes yes

areyou not sure not enjoying shopping is a sign of ageing!
I know I hated it in my 20s -used to stockpile things if I was near shops so I didn't have to 'go through' it again for a while.
(Reason I remember clearly is because when money became tight and I had to watch the pennies I realised I had something like 20 pairs of M&S knickers still in the packs and god knows how many not - didn't have to buy pants for something like 10 yrs !)

But KiteKit, don't you find you don't want to eat the older stuff, when you've got all the lovely new things?

And don't you find it wasteful buying stuff you don't really need?

There must be a lot of rich posters on this thread.

I don't think it's a sign of aging = I have always hated it,

just never seen it is a hobby, or anything but a painful chore. Clothes, shoes, food, whatever.

all indoors and boring. No ta. And it is just STUFF and a lot of it is waste.

I resent being a pawn in some marketer's great plan. They know how to create desire and extract our cash.

I won't fall for it- it's all a heap of crap.

I feel a bit of retail therapy if I'm just buying some cake liners in a pound shop