Are you a good shopper?

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Well, I'm not an impulsive shopper, that's one thing...

shopping?? - no, I am terrible at shopping and I also suck at getting to the post office or u p s place to ship stuff - I always screw it up in some way.

I try. I'm not good at it.

Monetary issues aside.... Myself? Of course! No difficulty there.
There are only two people I get anything for for the holidays, my parents. My mother is easy because I know the kind of stuff she likes, and this year it was made even easier. My father is a nightmare to get anything for. He doesn't want anything and the few things he does want he gets for himself.

I can't deal with shopping. I have spent years trying to figure out how to circumvent it. Even if the horrible lights and crowded aisles and random noises don't drive me out of a store, too many options make me anxious, and I usually end up choosing the wrong thing and spending too much money, and then I have to go back to the depths of hell to make a return.

Online is bad too, because there are so many options and I get confused about them, and I feel like I cannot compare anything properly because I can't examine it closely; pictures never give a good idea of the materials or quality.

I do better with small shops, but everything in them tends to be more expensive and the staff hover over you or try to make conversation. Or worse, they glare at you like you are about to steal something--and that look happens a lot this time of year, because I guess I look homeless under my bundles of sweaters

Uh, gifts for people - or general stuff?

I don't have enough income to go holiday shopping for people, but if I did I would be terrible at it......I can't even shop for a small amount of groceries for myself with my foodstamps without getting confused, frusterated and self conscious about what people think about me taking 10 minutes to select an item.

I am really bad at shopping for gifts (for the holidays, birthdays, etc.). I am not good at figuring out what others might want. Unlike my wife, I am not able to simply roam through a store and come across something and think, “wow – so and so would really like this”.

I particularly hate buying clothes – for either myself or others. I don’t really take notice of what people wear (style, color, etc.). So, I would have no idea if this was something they liked (or not). I am not even certain I would be able to guess their size.

I am OK at shopping if given a specific list of things to buy. For example, I am really good at grocery shopping. I used to accompany my Mom to the grocery store when I was young. Give me a list and I can do that fairly well. Of course, I make a point to get in/out as quickly as possible.