Get Me To A Store

I'm having an urge.......to shop. I want to buy something. Not so unusual except for 2 things.

1. I'm really not a shopper. (anymore)
2. I am in the middle of nowhere

Regarding #1 .... There was a time, another life, a younger life when shopping had purpose and was a task that one had to do for so many reasons. A hot Friday night date, Sunday brunch, feeling fat, lost a pound, Wednesday, rainy days, sunny days, Saturday.

What happened? When did I stop saying those 5 words that no man will ever understand, “I have nothing to wear.”

I blame Mike. “Come sail away with me and all you'll ever wear is a bathing suit and flip flops,  flip flops not so romantic.

 I hoped he had plans on cruising further south than Lake Ontario cause a wardrobe of bikinis and sarongs wouldn't exactly keep a girl warm during the 10 months of chillier weather. If it's not in the 80's than it's cold and you can't tell me any different. Being spontaneous, some may (did) say that I was nuts, I packed my bags ( total of 7) and tossed all caution to the wind.

A life of living in bathing suits? At one point I did own 32 and still didn't have a thing to wear.

Regarding # 2..... There is not a mall in sight, in fact there aren't even any roads. That leaves the internet. I've done a bit of shopping on-line. Why just last week I booked a flight and made hotel reservations but that's not really shopping. Flipping from site to site, that's not really true, I can't flip. It's more like a commerical break, you click on the site than you can get up for another coffee, go outside to stretch your legs, take a pee. By the time you get back it should be up. Take a look around, than click on to the next store. Get up.....thinking about it, it's sorta like shopping with all the walking I do inbetween. I like the places where I can actually try the item on, virtually of course but I think they could be better. Going beyond the vaguely similar body type, who am I kidding I never looked like that. Why isn't there a site where we fill in our dimensions ( I'll be honest... honest ) and upload our picture onto the body....create an avatar to take shopping.

 Maybe there is something out there like that but I haven't come across it. Back to shopping. Anitcipation mounts as you finally come across that perfect article and decide to take the plunge. Your almost there, a few more stokes. Your so close. Feeling that slight rush you click on BUY NOW. It's done, over, fini. Why do I feel let down, disappointed? Where is the gratification? Where is the item ? It all happened so fast. Shopping online is like that.