Shopping for many may be a way to spend time and relax from the hectic day to day routine but what many of us forget is the fact that its also an art and can be mastered through years of experience put into it....Thats the very reason that in Indian household we have a select few amongst our friends or relatives who we like to take along while shopping...A point in case would be while shopping for a marriage at home..We all have a bua whos good at selecting sarees, another massi who can get the best jewellery at affordable prices, a mamaji who knows all about the knic knacks required and a hip hop cousin who can get you the right accsesories to pair with...These are the times when we value their presence in life more than ever.
I was introduced to shopping very early in my life by my dad who always believed that we should be independent and capable of doing everything that normally requires to be done in due course of our life..I remember embarking on such shopping expidetions as early as when I was 5 years old and could understand instructions.Much to the horror of my protective mom I was sent regularly to the neighbourhood shop by my dad to get may be a packet of shaving blades, or a maggi at times and even bread and eggs..He once told my mom that this experience would help me judge the finer aspects of shopping form a very early age, and I thank him now that he is no more to have inculcated it within me.There were many things that I got to understand, first the value for money when buying things, the art of bargaining, and finally getting the best out of the lot displayed by the shopkeepers...Now I am a sought after companion for my friends in their shopping spree especially form flea markets like Sarojini Nagar and Janpath where bargaining is your birth right.
It also helped me a lot when I decided to leave right after high school to persue education out of the comforts of my home and since then its been 10 years now that I have stayed away from home.But never ever have I faced a situation where I was lost in my mind while shopping or have been duped by the shopkeeper for my early exposure to the art of shopping always came handy...
The other aspect that it taught me and is also essential for others to teach their kids is economics...You learn to utilize your limited resourses in turn to get the best deals for yourself and yep it gives a huge amount of self satisfaction...Finally the next time you all embark on a shopping spree try sharpening your skills and be self satisfied..Till then happy shopping!!!
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