Shopping is an activity of selection or purchase. It is an examining of goods from retailers with the intent to purchase at that time. Nowadays, we can shop in many ways we like. We can go to mall as usual or we can do shopping online.

Computers have come long way since the first one was invented in the early 1900’s. The oncoming trend on the internet now is online shopping. With online shopping we can buy books, clothes, CDS, and even houses. To do online shopping all you have to do is follow the instructions that are given on the shop web page. It is easy because we can shop without leaving our house. We also can shop at anytime eventhough we are busy with our daily routine. In additions, other benefits of online shopping are that sometimes you get the items that you desire at a cheaper price.

Shopping is also addictive to some people. These people are called shopaholic. They love to shop eventhough they do not have money and have a lot of debt. They have a compulsive shopping disorder that effects their daily lives. These people believe the more they shop, the better they feel. In reality, compulsive shopping often make the person feel worse because they run their credit cards up to the maximum, thus increasing the debt the person has gained due to shopping.

In some research, it’s proven that shopping addiction tends to affect more women then men. Women often buy things they did not need such as a lot of shoes, t-shirt with the same design but different colours and a lot more. Women also like to shop just to fulfill their desires and some of them do shopping to be up to date or trendy. Some women who have this disorder, will often have racks of clothing in their closets and they will usually go to the mall with the intention of buying one thing, and come home with bags and bags of merchandise. This disorder will certainly lead to many social and relationship problems with they own family.

If we look at it in a positive way, shopping can help us to relax after a long busy day at school or at office. But we have to be smart enough to spend our money and not buy things that we did not need. Shopping also is a great way to exercise. We can walk from shop to shop and burn some calories without going to the gym or jogging at the park. It is like killing two birds with one stone. We can shop and also keep ourselves healthier.

Apart from that, we also can spend sometimes with our family and friends while shopping. It will help us bonding with each other about anything and we also can give our opinions about items that they want to buy.

In a nutshell, shopping is a necessary in our lives but it is not something that we do on a daily basic if we do that it will ruin our financial plans for future and even our precious lives.