Who hates shopping?

[lizbids]

Well, I think a lot of us do. I hate hate hate shopping. I find stores increasingly seem to cater to 45-pound women who have no curves. Salespeople often don't know the product that they're selling...but, I had a great shopping experience just now:

I went to a get a haircut on Orchard street in Manhattan. Being the garment district, there are many little shops, leather coats, etc. filling the street. Well, I passed by maybe 5 of them, got my hair cut, then looked across the street to this one store. I walk in, and I ask the woman, "Where are your women's leather coats?" She walks over to a section, takes one look at me and picks out the exact jacket I had envisioned in my head :eek: It was weird! But now I have a nice new jacket (my old coat is over 10 years old and looks horrible)!

This may not be the most exciting of posts, but if you knew how much I hated to shop (Denise Goldberg already knows I'd rather lose weight than buy a new wardrobe), then you'd understand how I feel now! :p

[FreshNewbie]

Don't hate shopping for cycling clothes:D

[Eden]

Trust me it always seems greener....
I would really love to know who exactly these clothes do fit since at 5'0" and about 103 lbs it always seems like absolutely NOTHING is made in my size and that a size 2 just keeps getting bigger every year.... I hate shopping because I can almost never find pants that fit and the slevees on just about every shirt I own are too long.
On the other hand *shoes*, I can wear anything from girls size 3/3.5 to some womens 5's so I have a great selection and often times I get great deals (like my $30 Sidi Genuis :D )

[lizbids]

Of course buying bike stuff is ALWAYS FUN!!

I know, I hear you on the sizing thing. I'm only about 133lbs at 5'4'' (gained some weight since beginning grad school), but I do find that clothes are just too tight these days...

and as for shoes, so many styles I wear are "unisex," which means, "mens sizes"! very frustrating!!

[Kathi]

Trust me it always seems greener....
I would really love to know who exactly these clothes do fit since at 5'0" and about 103 lbs it always seems like absolutely NOTHING is made in my size and that a size 2 just keeps getting bigger every year.... I hate shopping because I can almost never find pants that fit and the slevees on just about every shirt I own are too long.
On the other hand *shoes*, I can wear anything from girls size 3/3.5 to some womens 5's so I have a great selection and often times I get great deals (like my $30 Sidi Genuis :D )

+1

and it's hard to find small cycling clothes, which is good, I already have more than I need!:)

[pooks]

I HATE SHOPPING.

And I want to see a picture of your jacket!

[teigyr]

I love the idea of shopping. I love new things and I LOVE LOVE LOVE presents received in the mail. Cycling clothes are always good too. I love the idea of going to stores and sometimes I find things I like. I'm at that awkward stage where I'm not young and not old as in Old (and I don't like mainstream things really) so it's difficult to find things I like. That and at 5'11", there are things that don't FIT!!

Isn't it great when you find It though? Like the leather jacket? When I was shopping for wedding gowns (got married in Nov), I was not finding anything. I saw a designer I liked and found a store that carried that design. When I tried them on though, they looked horrible on me! The shop owner brought me this dress and said "this is you". We both thought "no...." (dh went with me which goes against etiquette but he wanted to do the girl thing with me :D ) but when I tried it on, it was perfect and I got more compliments on how it was just the ultimate dress for our wedding.

Strange. Anyway, a good salesperson can enhance the shopping experience!

[Tater]

*raises hand* My name is Tater and I hate shopping as well! If I find pants that fit in the waist, they don't fit in the legs because 1) the leg length is too long and 2) I have muscular legs (thanks to cycling) and cannot get them past my quads. So many times I have had to go up a size just to get the legs to fit, then have my mother, the seamstress, alter the waist for me. Short sleeved shirts I do okay, but like Eden, almost every long sleeved shirt I own goes past my fingertips. Grr!

Oh, and what lights my fuse is the sizing differences. What a size four is for one company, is totally different for another. And yes, the sizes do seem to be getting bigger each year.

Cycling goodies, on the other hand, I love shopping for!

[spokewench]

Yep I'm in the shopping haters club! The only thing I like to buy is cycling stuff, tennis stuff, and gardening stuff. A good Farmer's Market is a must also, but clothes shopping - I'm running the opposite way!

[colby]

I am a meticulous shopper. I must try things on. I must try different sizes on. I must try different brands on. Then I think. I think and try other things on. I carry things around. This makes shopping for clothes hard. I do the same thing for gadgets, toys, equipment, cars, bikes, you name it. I think about my choices. I debate my choices. I mull my choices over. I look at my choices. I read everything I can on the internet. Usually I end up going with my gut feel anyway, but sometimes if it's expensive it takes a kick in the rear.

I still have a good 20+ pounds I could stand to lose, and I'm already starting to buy things in a size S, some things in XS. WTF comes after XS? I am seriously afraid. I may have to actually learn to fix things myself. I wish my grandma was nearby, we call her Phyllis Stewart. If you have a cooking/sewing/cleaning question, you ask her (I guess stay at home mom to 6 kids will do that to you). She deserves the 'domestic goddess' title (and I envy the rest of you domestic goddesses, if I had only paid attention when she tried to teach me...).

I hate inconsistent sizing. I am afraid to buy things online because of it. When things are unisex, I just go to the smallest size. When things are womens' specific sizes... I freak. ;)

[Mr. Bloom]

Let's see, which would I prefer:confused: :confused: :confused:

Root Canal:( :( ?

Shopping:( :( ?

Definitely a Root Canal:eek: :eek:

Unless it's shopping for electronics!

[lizbids]

I would love to include a file within this posting, but every time I try to upload a file from my computer, it says it "failed." Anyone know what's going on? I wonder, since I don't have Photoshop, I'm guessing I have to make the image smaller? I'm clueless!!

[Bikingmomof3]

I absolutely detest shopping, I find no pleasure in it at all.

[LBTC]

Colby, are you a Libra? You shop like I shop. And thus, since it takes so long, and, especially right now when we have precious little money to spend even on clothes that I need, I will put off shopping for as long as possible!

Sadly, my body seems to be the frumpy size. 5' 1" and 130+ pounds. I like *fun* clothes, but at 39 I'm not really supposed to wear a lot of them anymore. When I try things on, they always seem to look bad. Lately most of my clothes have come from a consignment store. But I only want to shop there when my friend, the owner, is working because she makes shopping so much more fun. She'll suggest items, let me know if they look awful or good, make more suggestions, joke around, etc. And the clothes there are so much less expensive than new ones!!!

But I still hate it!

Bike clothes I even have trouble shopping for. I rarely find what I like as the women's choices always seem so lame. Once in awhile I can find a junior item that fits, but that seems to get rarer and rarer.

Good gravy. I really am chatty today, aren't I? hahahah

Like Jennifer says. I hate shopping.

H&B
~T~

[Aggie_Ama]

:mad: I hate shopping as well! Nothing fits my build. When I was the weight I want to get to I had trouble wearing any shirts. The only place I didn't lose much weight was my chest. I was trying to find a shirt to fit a size 6 waist area and a 34d chest. If it fit my chest, the waist looked like my clothes were a size too big. I am trying to lose the 20 lbs I gained recently and I know I will be back on the no fit roller coaster. Oh yeah and at 5'2" with long legs and the bulk of my weight in my quads, pants are another maddening adventure!!

[Jenn]

My how many different shapes and sizes we come in. I'm in there with you "bigger" gals. At almost 5'8" and now down to 189 :-) I'm still having a heck of a time finding things to fit right, so I wear the same stuff til it either gets holes or just falls off me because I DETEST clothes shopping, or any other type of shopping for that matter. Playing soccer and softball in highschool and college my legs have always been my "issue".
Now ebay, I can goof on ebay looking at all different types of stuff but that's different.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I would love to include a file within this posting, but every time I try to upload a file from my computer, it says it "failed." Anyone know what's going on? I wonder, since I don't have Photoshop, I'm guessing I have to make the image smaller? I'm clueless!!

I would guess that your file is too big. TE limits the sizes of the files/photos you can attach.
However, a workaround for this, if you don't want to take the time to learn how to resize your files, is to post your photos on another website, either one you own, or one like Photobucket...and then just post a LINK in your post to that site so people can go look at your photo there.
If you have other image/photo manipulating programs you might be able to reduce file sizes from them instead of Photoshop. Some rudumentary programs for managing photo albums often come included on a new computor.

[colby]

Colby, are you a Libra? You shop like I shop. And thus, since it takes so long, and, especially right now when we have precious little money to spend even on clothes that I need, I will put off shopping for as long as possible!

Gemini... glad I'm not alone, though. ;)

[mountainchick]

:mad: I hate shopping as well! Nothing fits my build. When I was the weight I want to get to I had trouble wearing any shirts. The only place I didn't lose much weight was my chest. I was trying to find a shirt to fit a size 6 waist area and a 34d chest. If it fit my chest, the waist looked like my clothes were a size too big. I am trying to lose the 20 lbs I gained recently and I know I will be back on the no fit roller coaster. Oh yeah and at 5'2" with long legs and the bulk of my weight in my quads, pants are another maddening adventure!!

I'm with you..though I'm a 36B. My quads are HUGE and if I get pants that fit they're big in the waist and in the butt (so it looks like #2 is just hanging out there).

Sigh...I HATE HATE HATE :mad: with a passion clothes shopping. However...I did go shopping for my SS and I had a marvelous time! ;)

[MomOnBike]

I have a page of rant about shopping. Long story short: I HATE it.

Somewhat longer: clothes have never, ever fit to my satisfaction. When I was younger and (much) skinnier, my freakishly long arms and legs were the problem. Now, not only can I not get anything to fit my backside, but anything made to fit me is ugly. OK, clothing makers, take a memo {Ahem} Just because I'm fat does not, repeat, NOT mean I have no sense of style.

(takes deep breath) I think I'd better stop now...

[Keely]

I generally enjoy shopping, however one of the things I most hate about shopping is the inconsistent sizing. You try on a different size in every different brand, and then there are the designer brands who make EVERYTHING in small sizes... so one of their size 14s (if they make it:mad: ) is equivalent to another brand's size 10:confused: ! Sizes seem to be getting smaller rather than larger here in Oz. I still can't ever find dresses that fit me properly, there's about a size difference between my top and bottom halves.

[tangentgirl]

Yay, shopping! Ugh, shopping! It's love/hate for me. I love finding cute stuff.

I have recently accepted the fact that I need to buy dress pants to fit at the waist, hem be damned. That's what alterations are for, 'cause I'm Shorty McShorterson. It still takes a hundred years to try on everything in all their non-standard sizes.

Also, why in the *$)# doesn't The Express have online shopping? Their Editor pants are really the best thing I've found to fit me, and I'd pick up a pair a month if I didn't have to go to the stupid mall. Stupid, stupid mall, with its parking and its teenagers.

Anyways, most of my shopping happens at the bike shop, the REI, the tri shop, etc., lately. That's much more fun.

[mountainchick]

Also, why in the *$)# doesn't The Express have online shopping? Their Editor pants are really the best thing I've found to fit me, and I'd pick up a pair a month if I didn't have to go to the stupid mall. Stupid, stupid mall, with its parking and its teenagers.



I have been wondering this for ages because I LOVE the Editor pant too...

[LadyinWhite]

[QUOTE=Jenn;194662]my legs have always been my "issue".
QUOTE]

I'm with you - I've lost about 42lbs in the last two years and my legs continue to be my issue. With cycling shorts, the elastic band is always WAY too tight if I get them to fit every where else. It's so frustrating.

I have found that I need to stick with one brand. For me that's Eddie Bauer for regular pants/shorts. The sales clerk in there has worked with me over the last two years. She remembers the day I was THRILLED that I could squeeze into a pair of size 16 EB jeans. A couple of weeks ago I walked out with a pair of size 10 capris. She says " 8's by the end of the summer!" LOL who knows, I don't worry about it anymore. Now that I have my health and cardio fitness back, I worry less about weight.

For cycling clothes - shebeest shorts fit best so I tend to just stick with them. They don't cut the circulation off in my chubby thighs.

You guys are all right - with all the inconsistency in sizing across the brands, it can take forever to find clothes which to me is a colossal waste of time. I say find a maker that fits you and just stick with it. Then you're in - you get what you need (or not) and your out.

T.

[Laterider21958]

Always had trouble finding comfortable underwear and eventually found the perfect fit. It was so simple - no problems purchasing new bras, just went in got the right size in my preferred style, walked to the checkout. Total shopping time 5 mins. Great, until ......... I found a discontinued line label on the shelf! Now I'm back to taking 5 pairs (store limit) trying them on and taking them back, selecting 5 more and repeating the exercise. Very frustrating. I now realise that I should have bulk purchased in anticipation of the above happening.

Can't stand clothes shopping. I never really come away totally satisfied with my purchase. I really don't enjoy any kind of shopping, although garden centres are OK and hardware stores are interesting if there is a time limit to the experience.

I only shop to survive really. After all you have to eat.

[singletrackmind]

HATE IT!!!

I wanna envision stuff and just have it appear. I only shop with something in mind, but it drives me nuts trying to fit my wants and needs into what is available.........and affordable........and a good value. I do a lot of research into what I'm looking before I head out the door so I don't have to spend as much time at the store(s).

And it's almost never clothing of any kind. Thank goodness for sisters and hand-me-ups, otherwise I'd be about nekid.

[eclectic]

I am with the HATE it crew. Not just for clothes but for pretty much anything - groceries, TP, dog food etc
(books might be the only exception)

I LOVE bike goodie shopping :) BUT I don't even like shopping for cycling clothes because the jerseys and jackets don't fit me right.

RE clothes shopping

An experience sales clerk does make all the difference.
I never could by anything to fit because i always thought my arms were too short and my hips too big. Finally when I was 35 and needing an interview suit I hit the same problems, the sales lady pulled up the shoulders two inches, pinned them and voila! the suit jacket fit everywhere perfectly.

It was then I discovered I need to buy petit tops and medium tall pants OR get everything altered at mucho buckos because the collar and sleeves have to be taken out. :(

[tangentgirl]

Thank goodness for sisters and hand-me-ups, otherwise I'd be about nekid.

Don't hand-me-ups rock? Haha poor younger sisters hated hand-me-downs, but it's way better the other way around.

I remember being a starving college student with a spoiled highschool sister. I would go home and she would give me hefty bags full of clothes that were a month or two old - therefore way too out of style for her. Heh.

[Eden]

aaaargh - bad shopping experience today!! its hard being little in a big folks world, I tell you! I can't seem to get any cycling/sport glasses that aren't butt ugly and not totally functional. The ones I really like (Oakley half jackets) supposedly can't be made in prescription for a face as narrow as mine - my interpupillary distance is too small... All the ones I can get are more safety goggle like and they steam up so easily, plus they are unattractive, plus they are not nearly as comfortable as the Oakleys. I compromised last time and I don't really feel like doing it this time, cause I really don't like my current glasses.

[yogabear]

I love shopping, but lately, with so many body changes, it's hard to find clothes that fit properly :)

A size 4 is often too big, but a size 2 is too small. I've tried Juniors and a size 5 is too small, but a 7 is too big.

With dresses, I can wear a size 3.

With jeans, I can wear a size 4.

So, why don't the civilian non-biking shorts fit me in a size 4???

And, well, I'm not 'dead' LOL...there's no good clothes for women in their thirties...You have either teeny-bopper or matronly to pick from...

The bigger quads make it harder too...I don't even care that the show "What Not to Wear " says no mini-skirts after age 35. Who made up that rule? LOL, I have great legs and no cellulite...pure muscle...what's wrong with a skirt above the knees?

Make shorts that fit and I won't need mini-skirts LOL :)

Hmm, maybe it's time for me to design a line of clothes :) That'd be fun :)

[ridethewind]

I LOATHE shopping! I've always been hard to fit because I'm tall. But, I now must wear plus size clothing. A tall, heavy woman does not exist in the fashion world. And, if you don't have the prescribed body shape, you are even worse off.

[BellaBeauty]

Don't hate shopping for cycling clothes:D

Ditto...I think it all depends on what Im shopping for!

Grocery shopping- heck yeah i love it!

shopping for my daughter or fiance - love it!

shoes- hate

handbags- love

pants/jeans- please kill me!

[annie]

Shopping - I detest it. I should be a guy. If I know what I want, I want to know where to get it so I can go in, grab it, pay for it, and leave. SO many more interesting things in life than shopping.

Annie

[Melstar]

Wow! I can understand if most of you dislike shopping, but to hate it???? I simply cannot comprehend!!:confused:

I think I'm a shoppaholic, its like when I go out to see stuff I feel like I've just gotta buy something! Serious. Even if i'm not buying clothes which I'll probably wear like only a couple of times a year, I end up buying some junk to add to my every growing clutter at home.

The best part is, I buy so much stuff that I end up giving half away to people.

[crazycanuck]

Someone go shopping for me ok..I hate going to the mall as it's rather boring. I know only two or three shops will have clothing that fits.

I'm happy to go book hunting or bike drooling or grocery shopping..anything else..i'd rather spend my time on the bike.

Don't get me started on shopping hours in Western Australia..:mad: Don't tell me that your malls are open on Sundays ok..:mad: :( I don't want to know that your malls close at 9pm everyday..:(

*off to pout*
C