My name is Ivy and I am a shopaholic. I am pathologically incapable of walking more than 20m down Queen's Road Central without buying anything. Clothes, costume jewellery, towels, toys... you name it, I've bought it.
In Hong Kong, street vendors are free to set up their stalls wherever and whenever they want. The smart ones peddle their wares just outside MTR stations during after-office hours.
If I'm walking back, tired after a day's work, I always think: "What the heck, I owe myself a treat." So I end up buying a coat here for S$20, a blouse there for S$10... and before I know it, I've spent S$100 before I even reach the Mid-Levels escalator.
"Well at least my impulse buys are pretty cheap," I defend myself to Tubby Hubby (TH).
"S$100 x 12 working days a month is still S$1,200," replies TH, a financial journalist. "Just one month's spending can cover my Ricoh GR-digital 2 camera already."
He has a point. But one digital camera versus a cupboard-full of cheap clothes? I know which one will give me more satisfaction.
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