Candidate: One of m y fa v o u rite ho bb ies is going sh o p p in g . I've alw ays loved it. I th in k I get it fro m
m y m u m , w h o used to ta k e m e to th e n e a re s t to w n every w e e ke n d to v is it sho ps and
b o u tiq u e s . She ta u g h t m e ab ou t buying a fe w q u a lity ite m s th a t you m ay pay a p re m iu m fo r
bu t th a t la s t a long tim e so are a good in v e s tm e n t. She a ls o ta u g h t m e ab ou t how to che ck
fo r the q u a lity of a g a rm e n t by lo o k in g at th e w ay it's sew n to g e th e r and also c re a s in g the
fa b ric to see if it stays crea sed o r not. If it stays crea sed th e n it's a p o o r q u a lity fa b ric .
A n o th e r th in g I le a rn t fro m h e r is how to find a ba rg a in . You need to shop a ro u n d and not
be a fra id of try in g th e s m a lle r b o u tiq u e s w h e re y o u 're m o re lik e ly to fin d a shop o w n e r
w h o 's happy to o ffe r a d is c o u n t. I've been s h o p p in g on m y ow n sin ce I w a s a s tu d e n t. Then,
I co u ld n o t a ffo rd to buy m a n y th in g s b u t s tu c k to w h a t m y m u m ta u g h t m e and kep t m y
eyes open fo r a q u a lity b a rg a in . The re s t of the tim e , I w o u ld w in d o w shop. N ow adays I can
a ffo rd d e s ig n e r c lo th e s b u t I s t ill love th e sales, w h e n I h u n t fo r a b a rg a in and th e odd to p -
d e s ig n e r ite m . One th in g I hate, how ever, is try in g th in g s on because th e re are a lw ays long
q u eu es and it m e a n s you have less tim e fo r sh o p p in g . It's n o t a p ro b le m , not try in g th in g s
on, because if s o m e th in g is n o t th e r ig h t size I can ta k e it ba ck to th e shop as lo ng as I've
k e p t th e re c e ip t.
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go shopping every w eek. I find it th e ra p e u tic . It alw ays m akes you fe e l good to get y o u r
hands on a nice q u a lity piece at a ba rga in price, and if I'm fee lin g a bit down th e re 's n o thin g
lik e a bit of re ta il therapy. I fin d shopping exciting as w e ll. You spend tim e in the poshest p a rt
of tow n w h e re you can m ix w ith fash io n a b le people. T here 's a buzz and it's busy and noisy
and c o lo u rfu l. S hopping le ts you keep up to speed w ith th e la te s t tre n d s . So a ll in a ll, I th in k
it has a lo t of b e n e fits and I love it.