10 intense feelings only hardcore S'porean shopaholics understand

Time to freeze your credit card if you check off more than five.

Mandy How | December 22, 2016, 03:50 PM

Every girl (or guy, because we're living in the 21st century) has her poison - clothes, bags, make-up, or even specifics like a certain shade of lipstick. But no matter the vice, these are a well of emotions that will resonate with every self-respecting shopaholic:

1. When the amount flashed on the register is lower than the amount on the price tag

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That's when you flash a smile brighter than all the lights in the shop combined. #winning

 

2. When you accidentally make the tiniest dent in your new make-up product

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*Internal screaming and mental slaps*

 

3. The quickening of your heart when you set your eyes on "the one"

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And the first time you hold it against your body. Almost obscene, really.

 

4. Subsequently, trying out "the one" and finding out that it really fits you like a dream, whether in skin tone or figure

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Because THE dress > Prince Charming

5. When the store doesn't allow card payments and you don't have enough cash on hand

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But the hassle of locating and queueing at an ATM will not defeat you, because you are strong woman (or man) who gets what she wants.

 

6. When you get a discount because your friend bought something with you

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This is how you tell who your true friends are and weed out the insincere ones. #lifehack

 

7. Succumbing to an impulse buy and hating yourself afterwards

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Especially when you know its resale value is shit on Carousell.

 

8. Sailing out of the shop with your shopping bags 

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Nothing screams victory like the smell of new purchases in all its prettily packaged, consumerist glory.

 

9. Wearing your new item out for the first time

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Stepping out of the house with an extra spring in your step because your latest purchase makes you feel like a whole new person.

 

10. Seeing your purchase getting well-worn and sadly acknowledging you will have to move on soon

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Even when they're not that exactly worn out....

 

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