My "Shopping Playgrounds"
There are a few stores I like to go to just to check out all the cool stuff they have. It's not that I really want to buy all the stuff I check out in these stores, I just like prowling around and thinking up justifications (for those things I really do want to get) and uses for various things. Yeah, I'll pickup a neat gadget or tool now and then, but it's really about the "fantasizing"; most often, the thoughts & ideas never go beyond the walls of the store, but it's fun nonetheless.
I never mind going to these stores, and if my wife Ania wants to go look at other stores & doesn't need me, we both know I can safely be left to roam in any of my "shopping playgrounds".
(Thanks to Detailed Play Systems for the playground pic!)
I have yet to figure out if there's a point when I'll get bored in any of my shopping playgrounds, since Ania loses patience far before I'm done. (I really can spend an inordinate amount of time in my playgrounds!) That's fine, though, because I can always look forward to the next visit!
Aside from some computer/electronics & hardware stores you might expect, my favorite shopping playgrounds are:
I've linked to the stores' web sites, but the point is, these are fun to explore in real life.
I never mind going to these stores, and if my wife Ania wants to go look at other stores & doesn't need me, we both know I can safely be left to roam in any of my "shopping playgrounds".
(Thanks to Detailed Play Systems for the playground pic!)
I have yet to figure out if there's a point when I'll get bored in any of my shopping playgrounds, since Ania loses patience far before I'm done. (I really can spend an inordinate amount of time in my playgrounds!) That's fine, though, because I can always look forward to the next visit!
Aside from some computer/electronics & hardware stores you might expect, my favorite shopping playgrounds are:
I've linked to the stores' web sites, but the point is, these are fun to explore in real life.