Try things on

Women are, without doubt, buying more and more clothes online, but I don’t think there can ever be a substitute for a girlie shopping trip.

Buying clothes online does have its advantages, such as the many, many bargains to be found; the fact that you don’t have to deal with communal changing rooms and that you don’t even have to leave the house!

However, these advantages are far outweighed by the disappointment one faces when that eagerly-awaited package arrives and….. doesn’t fit!! Although using the internet for clothes shopping is convenient up to a point, it no longer seems so convenient when you take into account the fact that you can’t try the clothes on, and you have to wait around for them to arrive and then if they don’t fit, you have to wait around for someone to pick them up so you can return them!!

If you know exactly what size you need and aren’t bothered by the wait, then internet shopping is fine, but for those of us who prefer to ‘try before you buy’, and who see clothes shopping as a social activity, there really is no substitute for a good shopping trip.