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Shopping: a Must and a Pleasure

A

Shopping can be both a “must” and a pleasure. Those who hate
shopping place their orders by telephone and it saves them a lot of time.
Ordering food products by telephone is therefore very popular. Some
make a hobby of shopping tours, whether they actually buy anything or
are just window-gazing. Besides, most housewives would like to see
what they are getting for their money and do their shopping out
themselves.
Different as people’s feeling about shopping are, you somehow
couldn’t think of shopping for provisions in terms of pleasure, you
always think of it in terms of necessity. In case you’re not a gourmand,
you certainly feel happier just merely window-shopping at an expensive
jeweler’s than actually buying a joint of beef from your butcher’s, with
all your folks at home hoping for a good dinner after their day’s work at
an office, school or college.
We all wear clothes, and that is another necessity next to
provisions.
B

When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are
many kinds of shops in every town or city, but most of them have a food
supermarket, a department store, men’s and women’s clothing stores, a
grocer's, a baker's and a butcher's.
Many people prefer to do shopping at big department stores and
supermarkets. They sell various goods under one roof and this is very
convenient.
A department store, for example, true to its name, is composed
of many departments: ready-made clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods,
toys, china and glass, electric appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains,
cameras, haberdashery, etc. You can buy everything you like there.

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