I was just wondering the last few days… About things I needed / wanted to buy…
How it started.. My favourite place to go used to be Mustafa’s IT section.. I always had things to look for, things to buy, things to check out prices for.. But that one particular night a few days ago, I wanted to suggest going to Mustafa to Kiki, but I suddenly stopped myself. Gave a 5 minute thought about it and realised that there was nothing I wanted to ‘lookout’ for. I suddenly realised that my IT gadget shopping list shortened.
I was talking to Kiki about it and he told me “Cos you basically bought everything you wanted already.” Which was true. I wasted quite a bit of money since last year till now. Basically what I wanted, I got. And suddenly realise how empty it feels to have ‘nothing’ you want to buy. Not exactly nothing, but lesser things for now cos the things I want are currently out of budget.
I can suddenly just imagine how those Tai tais and socialites must feel. I mean, I am sure there are still things that they want somehow… Imagine stepping into a Prada boutique and asking “What’s new today?” and the SA replying “Nothing new Mdm, you have everything that’s sold here already.” That’s how sad right? That was an experience my friend shared with me recently during her SA days years ago. She was working at a boutique and this tai-tai came in asking if there was anything to buy, and actually looked quite lost and disappointed when she got the reply that she had everything in the shop already.
Maybe that was why brands like Hermes came up with the birkins. Where you had to queue up for YEARS to get it. And those tai-tais, celebrities, etc, craaaved for it. Cos it was something they couldnt get as easily..
Anyway, was just feeling quite empty when I was looking at my blog and trying to think of new things to add on my ‘To Buy” list and felt quite lost when I ‘striked’ off some items and had no new things to add. I think I need to look around for new hobbies, new ‘wants’ again to give myself something to look forward to when I get my next paycheck.
For now, my Nikon D90 is the only thing to look forward to.. Maybe along with a spa / massage trip to Batam / Bintan and a shopping trip to Bkk / Taiwan again!!
I want to get my shopaholic self back with loads of things to buy again!!!!
