Confession Of A Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

           

                                                 "When I shop, the world gets better"

                 
                     Confession of a shopaholic is written by an amazing author named Sophie Kinsella. This book is a about a lady named Rebecca Bloomwood. This book follows her adventure in life and also shopping. She is a journalist. She spends most of her working life telling people how to manage their money but instead she spends her leisure time.....well with shopping. Retail therapy is the answer to all of her problems, how could she resist a pair of Gucci shoes? or that brand new Louis Vuitton Bag? or that perfect silky scarf by that window of that trendy boutique? Credit card, that's her answer towards it. Because of her too much usage of it, Becky has been chased by dismal letters from Visa and the Endwich Bank, letters that are too much for her to even read. She knows she should stop but she cant, she tries cutting back and she tries making more money but neither seems to work. The story becomes more interesting as she tries to untangle her financial difficulties. Can Becky ever escape from this dream world, find true love, and regain the use of her Switch card? Here are the some of the lessons that I have learnt in this fantastic book.

                   Credit card should not be our best friend. That's the first thing i have learnt from this book. This lesson was shown by the main character herself, Becky Bloomwood. Because of her constantly shopping and spending money to the point where she has nothing left, she started using her credit cards even more and that led her to a problem she doesn't want, a problem that any other humans don't want. She was faced with surmountable debts and banks were trying to find her. This is what happens when you depend too much on your credit facilities.

                      Secondly, we should not spend money on things that we do not need. This lesson can be proven in the book by Becky too. Becky has a shopping addiction. She spends her money or uses her credit card to buy things that she does not need such as designer's branded clothing, expensive home decor and other stuffs. Her desperation to shop is too high to the extend where she asked a stranger, Mr Brandon for money to buy a green scarf from a store called Denny and George. She has bought an underwear from Marc Jacobs that cost $200. Becky thinks that these things, A Gucci bag, Dolce & Gabbana boots, Saint Laurent Coat defines her whereas none of these stuffs define us.


                       I have also learnt that we should not underestimate anyone, ever. In the book, Becky underestimated her boss, Luke Brandon, the editor of Successful Savings. Becky thought he had poor tastes in clothes, fashion and does not know anything on how to dress. She proved herself wrong when she shopped for him for a party. She was shocked when Luke was putting on bits and bits of clothing to form an outfit in a store called Prada, not just an outfit - an incredible one to be honest. 


                       In conclusion, this book contains a lot of lessons and most of them are related to us. This book is also fun and adventurous. It ended with Becky successfully paying all of her debts after having a garage sale on all of her clothes, when i say all i meant literally ALL and also she found herself a man who could love her more than the things she was obsessed with. 


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