My Personal Spare Time Interests and Activities. My hobbies are paid by me and no-one else.
How much time and money I spend on shopping depends on need, availability, free time and money.
RL Shopping
I'm interested in RL shopping. I do all my personal shopping myself and I pay with my own credit card.
I will not pay for products that do not fulfill my standards, esthetics and quality.
My own style, clothes and a bit of fashion
Everyday clothing for all seasons in natural fabrics.
Beachwear.
Underwear and sleepwear.
My own style is more important than following the latest fashion.
Non-exclusive non-designer brands.
Minimalist black mixed with other colors.
Shoes
Walkable shoes and boots for all seasons in leather with rubber soles and heels.
Indoor and bathroom slippers.
Summer sandals in leather with rubber soles and heels.
City walks
Everything for city walks in all seasons, all weathers.
Sweden has four seasons, and all of them are different. Summer, autumn, winter and spring.
Personally, I drop everything winter-specific and expand my autumn wardrobe to also fit in the short winter period in Stockholm.
Summers are short in Sweden and the summer closet is the smallest one.
The seasons are short and you don't wear out clothes in one season and you don't have to replace your entire wardrobe every season. Changing just a few pieces every season is enough.
There are years when there isn't anything of interest or of any quality in the shops, you just have to be creative with what you have.
Accessories
Fakes are good enough when it comes to jewelry.
Watch bracelet in metal or leather.
Leather belts, wallets, credit card holders, key holders and bags.
Summer bags in fabric.
Umbrellas for windy conditions.
Interesting pens and desk items. I still use a pen now and then.
Long/extra long pantyhose for fall, winter and spring. Socks.
Scarves, gloves and hankies for fall, winter and spring.
Eyewear, eyeglass case.
Makeup bag.
Suitcase and everything for it. Travel portfolio, weekend bag, toiletry bag.
Visibility in the dark
There are different kind of solutions that will make me and you visible. The automns and winters are dark and I like to walk no matter of season.
Eau de parfum
Long lasting and lowed by both men and women in every country where perfumes are hated by the military, "Canadian skunks" or "damned flower gardens".
Beaty products
I base my purchases on the quality I prefer.
I buy my more expensive beauty products in pharmacies and the rest in stores.
Hair styling
Hair styling products.
I need my hair to not get in the way of what I'm doing, and I need hair styling pins to be able to control it to some extent.
My home interiors
Everything I need for my home such as interiors, furniture, cooking, baking, eating, drinking, washing up and cleaning. Delivery and disposal services for larger objects.
I shop everything I need for my arts & crafs in Stockholm.
Litterature & Magazines
Litterature and occational magazines.
Monthly planning calendar for a year with holidays, summer/winter time change and quotation options. They should skip the winter change, but that hasn't happened yet.
Everyday products
I shop everything I need for myself on a daily basis includes laundry and cleaning products.
Restaurant meals
I eat lunch or dinner in a restaurant or a bar.
I eat breakfast in a restaurant when traveling.
I don't mind cooking my own breakfast, lunch and dinner when I travel when there are no good enough other options.
I'm very picky about what I eat and what I don't. I grew up in an environment where it was OK not to eat up and not eat anything I didn't like.
Shops, department stores, malls and grocery stores
I like shopping live and not on the web. Non-exclusive non-designer brands.
I use a small shopping trolley, a shopping bag and delivery services for larger objects.
I have never bought / sold anything at executive auctions and never will.
Simplicity
Stylish simplicity in everything.
New stuff
I'm interested in new art, new music, new design, new architecture, new fashion, new inventions, new discoveries, new ways of life, new future, new businesses, new ...
and in new software, new hardware, new SW & HW architecture, new programming languages, new technology, new computers, new networks, new ways, new ...
and in change.
Online shopping - consumer durables and occasional one-off purchases on Swedish websites
I only shop online if I am sure of the quality of the product, and I'm not interested in seprate tax issues or import/export declarations in my personal life.
Magazine and online news paper subscriptions, litterature.
Shop on the stock market through online options on banks.
Buy household appliances & whitegoods and bulky items with delivery service, some online and most in stores.
Buy building materials and bulky items with delivery service, some online and most in stores.
Sign me up for electricity subscription.
Insurances.
Buy tickets for opera, conserts, performances, cinema and events.
Rent movies for download and rental.
Buy travel trips, transfers and hotels.
Hire rental cars, if and when needed.
Buy public transports, SL card - Stockholm greater area travel option, online or in shops.
Hire services from a self-employment company, if and when needed.
Hire services for almost everything, if and when needed.
Make an appointment for everything, if and when needed.
Book me into educational program in my spare time.
Buy a new apartment if I were interested in selling and moving.
If I'm unsure about the quality or unfamiliar with the product, I go to a store and buy it there. I'm picky about quality and there are online stores that will never have me as a customer, there's a risk I'll return everything and it's inconvenient, messy and bad for the environment - they just have to find other customers.
Shopping
Shopping is a necessary hobby.
I do not shop a lot when I travel, just a few inexpensive things that are not available at home, and it's usually something for the vacation. I'm not interested in separate tax issues or import/export declarations in my personal life.
I'm not influenced by hotels, people's homes or how they dress. I'm influenced by my own preferences and what's available in stores.
I've never needed friends to shop with, but I've had friends who needed a shopping partner.
Sweden has a smashing / high bid / acceptable bid market for several objects that are not to be compared to auctions, it's about how the market values the objects and what I'm prepared to pay for them / sell them for. Occasionally objects are not sellable - to be considered as a normal market adjustment. The seller determines the selling terms and the buyer whether they step into the market or leave it, when and how. Objects that are usually sold in this way to ordinary people are employments with a six-month trial period, housing, cars, boats, motorbikes etc. A contract, an agreement and a trial period can be terminated by either party.
