Confessions of a non Shopaholic

Isn't it ironic that the movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic" is in the theaters at this moment? Is this reverse stimulus package thinking ? Hmmmm. Let's face it boys and girls shopping is out, out, out. Getting caught in a store is down right embarassing and a social faux pas. Quick duck into a dressing room or under a rack of dresses marked down 95% if you see anyone who looks remotely familiar. Who wants to get caught with a bunch of blouses and a credit card in their hand? Not me. It's become unacceptable to buy almost anything except toilet paper. And that gives me the newfangled environmental anxiety ...is it green , biodegradable, chemically pure, unscented, rescented, never been scented, landfill friendly, made from unendangered plant life, yadayadayada . Whew, times are taxing my brain as well as wallet.

I for one am grateful for the shopping hiatus. It takes a lot of pressure off my wardrobe. I am a sneak anti-shopper. I pretend to rifle through sale racks with the girlfriends, or talk about fashion, but I'm not looking or listening. My sister and I devised a method of shopping I fondly call "drive-by shopping". It's cheap, time saving and requires no schlepping. Sadly, I've read there are undercover buyers in our midst...women deviously shoving their pricey purchases into bags from the grocery store so as not to be labeled frivilous. Naughty naughty!

I'd like to personally thank all those fun mortgage brokers, bankers, traders, fed chiefs, and crackerjack economists for helping someone like me be in vogue. Wow, and to think all it took was RL to stand for "risky loans" and not Ralph Lauren!