Friday, July 11, 2008
Extravagant
Actually depression is a relative state of mind, and is usually caused by an onset of several instances that are usually cumulative in negative emotions. It could be caused by severe levels of sadness, perceived helplessness, disinterest, and other related emotions and behaviors. To what many people would describe as typical "sadness."Well, it could also be caused by seasonal factors and stress. Guess it's just a mood swing. But depression or actual sadness is easy to mask and hide. So I tried a little retail therapy, and spent over $400 today.
I spent $40 on lunch at Spageddies, $69 on a nice pair of G2000 dress pants and $279 on two Timberland Jackets. One as a present, and one for me. I like Timberland, and immediately took a liking to the outer-wear jackets, it's too bad the footwear are still within the $200-$300 region.
Just for effect, I like MUJI, so I went in and bought a few stuff that I didn't really need or particularly want. They were impulse purchases, that was another $40 spent.
It didn't help at all, even though I wasn't alone, the expensive lunch felt lonely in fact, as if I was the only one at the table eating. There didn't seem to be any common conversational topics anymore.
Sometimes, retail therapy doesn't help if the problem still resides on your mind.
The funny thing is, even though I patronized from my favourite stores, this is the first time I bought something from Timberland and MUJI and not feel happy about it...
I am usually rather careful with my money. This counts as a very extravagant expenditure for today. What's wrong with me...?
G2000, MUJI and Timberland...
