“Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.”

— Sophie Kinsella, book The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic

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