Be A Smart Shopper
Two from three shopping women always buy something with not planning. According to Paco Underhill, a shopping sociologist, most women buy a thing only for the happiness, as satiation to herself, buy only because of being interested good thing but rarely they buy the thing because really need it.
Here is some tips for the women to become a person smart shopper that do not damage the financial plan.
1. Use shopping log. You can make shopping log by writing all the unimportant thing that you spent, except food and the medicine. On the end of the month see how many things that you spent do not represent the interests. By have shopping log you can monitor all the things that spent.
2. Make a shopping diary. Insert a small note with the pen that can be carry anywhere you go. Record all the matters that relate to the expenses, all the thing that you need, the feeling was guilty when buying a thing that was not valuable, annoyed feeling to the shop assistant who did not give the good service. While recorded in the diary, put five question like below that could help gave the motivation
- What I’m doing here?
- What is the reason to come here?
- What’s I feel?
- Do I need the thing that I want to buy? What will happen if I do not buy it?
- What happen if I buy it?
With record all the matters above was expected to restrain the issuing of your expenses.
3. Use the internet wisely If you including the user of the internet service to shopping, wise in using it. Shopping via internet indeed more easy also faster spent your money. Only by using the finger, all the things that you want can be buy. Before decide to buy, studied all information and read the woman media financial column the Online Expenses.
4. Find the other happiness besides shopping. Most women use their leisure by spending their money. You can find 1001 happiness that not relevance to shopping. For example, read great books about finance, try the new recipes, gardening, or sport.
5. Shopping like the man according to Underhill, most men shopping more effective than woman. The men only buy what they need although they pass many shops, their eyes only were direct to the thing that they need. Moreover occasionally they also agresive so as they could get the cheap price.
