How can you say that a person is shopaholic? How does it start? What are the symptoms? Is it determined by the items that a person purchases? Or how often a person spend on items? Or by the brands that he/she buys from a particular outlet? Is being a shopaholic the same as impulsive buyer? Is it a mind disorder? If it is, is there a cure?
We can't deny the fact that all of us wants to shop (who would deny???). Given the chance that we have money to spend of course, we will grab the opportunity to purchase items that would satisfy our cravings. From clothes to foods to places, even small accessories for our bodies, name it we will spend it for as long as we have a strong purchasing power. These questions came to my mind after watching the film entitled "Confessions Of A Shopaholic".
The story revolves on Rebecca Bloomweed which is played by Isla Fisher who is a self-confessed shopaholic. A woman who wouldn't mind spending for as long as she gets what she wants. The setting is in Manhattan. She dreamed of being a writer for fashion magazine Alette, however, she became a columnist of a financial magazine Successful Savings under the supervision of Luke Brandon played by Hugh Dancy. She became well-known because of her article "The Girl On The Green Scarf" but she lost her job in Successful Savings when Derek Smeath, the antagonist showed up on her TV appearance and disclosed all of her unpaid debts. In the end, she made a way to cure her addiction and eventually Luke and Rebecca came together in the end.
The movie is good and funny. It showed the history on how Rebecca acquired this attitude and how she fought it. A lot of lessons can be learned like thinking first before doing such an act. I've also learned that "COST AND WORTH ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS" and I hope that this is guide us everytime we shop for items.
We can't deny the fact that all of us wants to shop (who would deny???). Given the chance that we have money to spend of course, we will grab the opportunity to purchase items that would satisfy our cravings. From clothes to foods to places, even small accessories for our bodies, name it we will spend it for as long as we have a strong purchasing power. These questions came to my mind after watching the film entitled "Confessions Of A Shopaholic".
The story revolves on Rebecca Bloomweed which is played by Isla Fisher who is a self-confessed shopaholic. A woman who wouldn't mind spending for as long as she gets what she wants. The setting is in Manhattan. She dreamed of being a writer for fashion magazine Alette, however, she became a columnist of a financial magazine Successful Savings under the supervision of Luke Brandon played by Hugh Dancy. She became well-known because of her article "The Girl On The Green Scarf" but she lost her job in Successful Savings when Derek Smeath, the antagonist showed up on her TV appearance and disclosed all of her unpaid debts. In the end, she made a way to cure her addiction and eventually Luke and Rebecca came together in the end.
The movie is good and funny. It showed the history on how Rebecca acquired this attitude and how she fought it. A lot of lessons can be learned like thinking first before doing such an act. I've also learned that "COST AND WORTH ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS" and I hope that this is guide us everytime we shop for items.
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