Hello, it's me...
Haha, hey guys! Today I just have a quick blurb of, well I don't know what you might call it, life advice perhaps? So I was in Starbucks the other day, and I overheard this girl talking on the phone to who I'm assuming was one of her friends, and she was basically saying something to the effect of " =I can't go shopping alone, and I need XYZ item!"
This got me thinking..
When I was younger, I would be terrified to go shopping alone, even last year I was scared. I would beg my friends on end to come with me to the mall, or grocery shopping even. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely independent but for some reason, shopping was the vulnerability. And then, early February, I had to run to a friend's birthday party and I realized that I had forgotten to get a card. I was already on my way and so I had to go stop by the store by myself. Now looking back on it, that sounds so stupid but I think that really was the first step into shopping by myself. I was terrified, how could I shop without someone else, or someone else's opinion?
Now, almost a year later, I find that shopping by myself is an incredible way to have "me" time. I don't know about you guys but I cannot sit in a bath for more than 30 minutes at a time. I found that in that time where I didn't have to rely on what my friends thought on that skirt or that shirt or those bananas, I really developed my own sense of style and fruit preferences (that one was a joke). Weirdly enough, I found myself venturing out more and trying things that I normally wouldn't. I also learned in this time that no one cares about what you are doing. Not in the meanest way, but if you swatch something or pace an aisle a few times or drop a box, no one seems to care. It used to seem like the biggest ordeal and that everyone was staring at me but I really learned that they are too self-absorbed to notice. Well, that goes for people in general, not just the people at Sephora. These are all lessons I wish I would have learned at an earlier age.
So I guess the point of this post is to say, try shopping by yourself, you may just end up liking it. Now, don't completely ignore your family/friends. it is also incredibly fun to shop with them as well. Like everything in life, it's about maintaining a healthy balance.
Have you shopped alone? If so, did you end up learning/noticing anything about yourself in the process?
xx,
India
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