Sunday, April 26, 2009

Ouch!

I haven't been a very good girl today. *inserts appropriately repentant expression

You see, whenever I step into a mall, there are two places I never skip. The shoe boutique and the bookstores. In a precautionary gesture to avoid imminent bankruptcy, a private psychotherapy session goes on in my head.

For instance, when a pair of sexy heels catches my eye, the girl in me goes into hyper mode, my eyes shine and I get the Gollum syndrome..But as I reach out to reverently finger soft leather, luxurious velvet or a glittering gem, I ask myself :-

#1 : Do I want it?
Heck yea ! *drools

#2 : Do I need it?
No....

#3 : Does my allowance permit an indulgence such as this?
No...

#4 : Do I have the heart to deprive some deserving charity cause and instead donate to the already overflowing coffers of an already established designer?
No...

#5 : If I were banished to an exile island and only permitted to carry 3 things would this be one of them?
No..

#6 : Do I have 9 pairs of feet to utilize all the shoes I already own?
No..

Having justly psycho-ed myself, I snatch the errant finger away and force myself to walk away

At my next stop the bookstore, I again get that not-so-kindly gleam in my eye, my hands develop a life entirely their own and run together in ill-suppressed glee, a chuckle escapes my lips already curved in a grin. Invariably, I pick up a few treasures and weigh each against the other based on author, plot, cover design (aesthetic value has the word value in there for a reason you know..) and thickness (the thicker the better) and of course the same round of questions are fired :-

#1 : Do I want it?
Heck yea ! *drools

#2 : Do I need it?
No....

#3 : Does my allowance permit an indulgence such as this?
No...

#4 : Do I have the heart to deprive some deserving charity cause and instead donate into the already overflowing coffers of an already established author/publishing house?
No...

#5 : If I were banished to an exile island and only permitted to carry 3 things would this be one of them?
No..

#6 : Do I have 9 sets of brains and 90 hours in a day to finish reading all that I already have?
No..

Having justly psycho-ed myself, I snatch up the book and proceed to the counter to make my payment.

Not one...not two...but THREE!!

"Oops...I did it again"...and again...and again

People, if I ever go out with you do me a big favour and drag me away from them stores will you? Even if I scream bloody murder drag on, I promise I'll explain very nicely to the police if you get arrested. Now, excuse me but I have a date with the wall. My common sense needs some hammer-therapy...

3 comments:

Joanna said...

Okay, this is pathetic leaving a comment on my own blog but my browser's acting up again on some no cookie thing and I'm too com-illiterate to figure out what that means so I cant log into blogger to add a postscript to the post...maybe it's hungry but mum's cookies won't fit into the USB port *thoughtful..

Anyway..am I the only one who thinks that books in Malaysia are obscenely overpriced??

Bunny said...

Lol. Shape the cookies to fit into the USB? :P

Zhen Yuan said...

Lol! A step closer to 100+ self comments. Try checking out the browser's cookie settings. From what I know Safari doesn't keep cookies, thus the no-cookies thingy might originate from there. Try using IE and see if you encounter similar problems.

Books in Malaysia is definitely overpriced. Look forward to cheap books in the UK next year :D