Sandi Shilhanek | Retail Therapy

Sandi Shilhanek
April 26, 2009

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Re: Sandi Shilhanek | Retail Therapy

I would say that I am not a big shopper in general (unless by necessity), but books are my retail vice. My son tells me that he always knows were to find me in a store.... "in the books". Books are such a wonderful transport to give us the therapy from reality we need and focus our already too busy minds on something other than life!

Thanks for the article.

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(Natalie Wyant 11:13am April 26, 2009)

I love retail therapy of books--not clothes LOL Books you don't have to look for your size, which you probably hate, the color, the style, and all those upsetting things. Maybe that's why we like shoes?? not so hard to shop for books I can order online, new or used! and know what I'm getting hours of adventure in my mind LOL
(Barbs Ferris 11:29am April 26, 2009)

I don't use retail therapy to ease emotions but give me a chance to browse a book store
or online site and I'll be there for hours sometimes. Now that I have a Kindle I love to
browse online. And if a book is in my price range - look out! I'll start to see smoke
rising from my handbag!!! (my credit card, lol).
(Mary Hundley 11:41am April 26, 2009)

LOL I adore retail therapy,
when my mom died I had a great
day of retail therapy,....
okay a month... books, movies,
towels.... sheets..... more
towels.... (mom was haunting
me I think, I don't buy
towels... LOL) I love to buy
books anytime, any place, and
my friends all know that give
two seconds without something
occupying me and I have a book
or a pen in my hand.
(Melissa Tackett 11:54am April 26, 2009)

Oh, and did you ever replace
behind the shadows???
(Melissa Tackett 11:55am April 26, 2009)

I went to the UBS store just this past friday night. I also like to cruise the online book stores. Nothing relieves stress like looking at books.
(Joyce Mandle 12:09pm April 26, 2009)

Retail therapy can cure anything for me! I love the Half-Price Bookstore and the Book Rack. They're the perfect prescription for the blues.
(Bridget Hopper 12:36pm April 26, 2009)

Hey, I lurve to wonder a book store.. Ahh simple pleasures.
(Linda Elliott 1:16pm April 26, 2009)

Hi Sandi--first to answer your question about feelings when adding to the tbr mountain--I always feel elation when adding to it but some angst about all the ones already there. This does not last long. I do love buying books and use it as therapy. Shopping online for books is my passion now. If I go to a bookstore it is usually just to browse and find something to order online. If the bookstore has a sale or special table I do often find something to buy.
(Mary Perry 1:21pm April 26, 2009)

Most of the time my retail therapy just involves buying books.
(Cheryl Castings 1:50pm April 26, 2009)

I have been using a lot of retail therapy in the last 6 months to get me thru some stressful times with being unemployed. I love to browse the book stores but my tbr pile is getting higher and higher. Enjoy browsing!
(Diana Smith 1:58pm April 26, 2009)

Oh I definitely use retail theraphy when I'm annoyed and sometimes when is just feel like I need to. Books are certainly my target but I let handbags soothe me too . The thing about books is you can get lost and relax strolling down the bookstore ailses and I've gotten so good at it that it works for me on line. So I don't have to storm out as you did, I just go to any number of the book websites I have stored on my work PC, tune work out and start searching and shopping! In my opinion retail theraphy works, just be careful and do it with discretion and don't load up the credit cards too much.

Livia
(Livia Holton 2:57pm April 26, 2009)

I didn't replace my copy of Behind The Shadows because it wasn't lost...just left at work, and I wasn't going back to get it! I mostly like to browse the
bookstore and then check Amazon to see if i can get the book calling my name for my Kindle. It's interesting that almost everyone said books are the best
retail therapy. However, I think Melissa had a great idea...sheets and towels! I'm awful about buying new ones, but when I do I'm in heaven. I love the feel
of new sheets and towels!

Thank you to all for coming and commenting! Good luck in the contest!
(Sandi Shilhanek 4:20pm April 26, 2009)

Retail therapy is a wonderful thing, especially in a bookstore!! I am amazed that you got Nora Roberts Vision in White as the release date is on Tuesday, it is her latest. We don't have a Half Price Books in my area. We have Border's (my personal fav) and Barnes & Noble (only ok for me). There are a couple of the independent stores I like but their romance sections are limited.
Sorry to hear things were not well at work.
Enjoy the rest of the day.
(Donna McClure 5:19pm April 26, 2009)

Retail therapy is wonderful. Its even better when you find a great bargain. I went to my Half Price Books yesterday and found a few books that I had been looking for on their 25cent clearance rack, it was wonderful finding some treasures for under a buck!!! That is what I call therapy!!
(Shauna George 5:59pm April 26, 2009)

Donna, really nothing better than having a great UBS near you. I'm so lucky to have a bunch! Shauna that's terrific that you got a bunch of treasures
for 25 cents! Enjoy them!
(Sandi Shilhanek 6:30pm April 26, 2009)

Yes Yes Yes!!! I definitely subscribe to retail therapy :) I can't imagine living in a town that doesn't have at least 10 stores I enjoy. I love browsing books, clothing, housewares, and even those tacky gift stores that no one ever buys anything they need from. Oh and I love online shopping too!

I do hate grocery shopping though.

Tina
(Tina Sporer 6:37pm April 26, 2009)

I have to jump in here and say that I find retail therapy and really good thing!! I don't have to spend a lot of money and I feel better if the item I buy is really marked down. I like my books discounted! But there is something soothing about a new pair of earrings, a jacket that cost under $10., or a half price book! geri
(Geri Pearson 7:08pm April 26, 2009)

My trips to the bookstore take planning because it isn't terribly close, so my bouts of retail therapy aren't especially spontaneous! I do love the good feeling that comes with a good bargain though!
(Laurie Damron 8:55pm April 26, 2009)

I usually plan my visits to Half Price -- I've been known to spend hours in that store. Even though I need to stay off my foot I'm trying to get my friend to drive me to Half Price, KMart and Walmart and Barnes and Noble on Tuesday -- I just have to have new releases when they first come out.
(Danielle DeBuono 9:37pm April 26, 2009)

I have a gift certificate that is burning a hole in my wallet. When I can drive to the bookstore it will be money well spent. I know exactly what I want, plus I know that there will be a few others that I will need when I see them.
(Kathleen O'Donnell 10:08pm April 26, 2009)

I definitely use shopping as therapy. Of course, when money is the main problem, I have to limit myself to browsing:(

Not only do I love the bookstore (definitely my fav -and even better now that there is a UBS near me), but clothes shopping comes in right behind it. And online works as well as going out. The good part about going out, is I can go by myself - that way I get some "alone" time too.

Sandi, was anything said to you at work? Hope things are better for you this week. And, like Donna, was wondering how you got the new Nora already. Does that store always have books a week before their actual sale date?
(Amanda Reeder-erdly 10:12pm April 26, 2009)

OH, YEAH, Sandi....I'm all about some reatail therapy, and book shopping is the BEST. But I'm a lover of TJ MAXX, and have been known to head there for therapy, too. LOL. How cool you found those two new releases for HALF price???
Made the work incident better, I'm sure. Good luck w/ that, btw. Hopefully they realize you were having a bad day.
(Melissa Bradley 10:53pm April 26, 2009)

Well,I read books for therapy because they keep me sane and I buy books, so I guess I'm into retail therapy as long as books are involved.LOL.
(Debbie Beverley 1:45am April 27, 2009)

I am not the shopper in the family - my husband and daughter take care of that. However, I keep a supply of to be read books on hand for sanity.
(Karin Tillotson 7:17am April 27, 2009)

Sandi,
No I don't use retail therapy. Whenever I feel down I usually have a book nearby so I just pick it up and let it take me away from my sad mood.
(Maggie Roso 10:26am April 27, 2009)

It's nice to know I'm not alone in my need for retail therapy. Maggie I admire you ability to stay away from retail therapy!

Nothing was said to me at work which was both good and bad. Good because I would have had to have spoken my mind about the situations that made me storm out to begin with, and bad because I feel like my boss thinks those situations are all in my head, and I know they're not, and that by sweeping them under the carpet so to speak that they'll take care of themselves which isn't true either!

For the record I finished Behind The Shadows by Potter today and it was great!
(Sandi Shilhanek 3:48pm April 27, 2009)

I am not a shopper persae but when I am feeling emotional, whether it be sad, mad or pmsing a good book always makes me feel better. Looking at clothes, gee's depressing and how can that say one size and it not fit at all???!!! I DidNot grow!
So, I would be excited about the books, I mean in my opinion and the economy...that to be read pile may be what saves my sanity!
So enjoy and it's not like we went into debt for a few books! Love the half price store when I get lucky, when I don't it is depressing and the B & N across the street with it's yummo coffee may just get lucky that day!

Glad you enjoyed the book!
(Chris Jones 2:09pm April 29, 2009)

Retail therapy sometimes works for me. I think it is the action of getting away from what is bothering me and just focusing on anything other than the norm that helps. Just yesterday, I went to the discount beauty place near work and picked up body spray (cotton candy) and a couple of nail polishes I really don't need, but I went back to work in a much better mood, and managed to not take anyones head off. I also ran by Left-Bank books, an indie bookstore that just opened a few months ago around the corner from work(and where I spend lots of time during long lunches).
(Nancy Gilliland 7:53pm May 2, 2009)

Yes, retail therapy is one way I use to de-stress. And my main choices for browsing & buying are books and stationery items. The thrill of the hunt for just the right book, the discovery of one I am just discovering, the revisiting w/ an old friend (new book by a treasured author), etc. Yes, these all can brighten my day...as well as closing the door on the guest bedroom & cozying up w/ a good book and a cuppa tea.
(Pam Nolan 7:56am May 3, 2009)

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