Yesterday after work, I decided to walk to the mall. Actually, I decided to walk to Winners beside the mall, because I wanted to get cookie cutters to bake white chocolate maccha shortbread cookies (they turned out delicious - I'll post a picture and recipe tonight!).
While I was in Winners, I casually started browsing, and before I knew it, I had a new umbrella and a silicone whisk in my hand, and I was headed to the shoe section. Then I stopped dead in my tracks. WHY AM I SHOPPING, AND WHERE ARE MY COOKIE CUTTERS!? What the heck was I doing with an umbrella and whisk? I already have an umbrella and a whisk. In fact, I was holding my very own umbrella in my other hand! Granted, it was one of those really cheap dollar-store ones (the tiny ones for little kids), and I've probably had it for a good 12 years. But it only flips inside out sometimes, and it's still big enough to cover my head and shoulders.
Horrified, I shoved the umbrella and whisk into a flower vase, and practically ran out of the store.
I can't believe how natural it feels just to aimlessly shop. And if I hadn't checked myself in the fake flower & candle aisle, I would have definitely walked out of there with a new umbrella and whisk ... and no cookie cutters - which was the only reason I was in there in the first place. Hmph!
Labels: saving money
Hahaha, nice. The visual the umbrella and whisk being stuffed into a flower vase is priceless.
Discount designer stores like Winners are daaangerous. haha. Once I start browsing, it's over...I usually end up with a ton of stuff I already have. I think it's because I see the sale vs. original price on the tag and I rationalize the purchase because I'm getting 40-50% off.
Oh man. That happens to me FAR too often.
Winners is awful for situations like that. Go in looking for something and walk out $100 poorer with stuff you don't need.
And their return policy sucks!
Is Winners like a Ross or Marshalls in the US?