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Shopping for Clothes

How to Use the First Conditional

Date: Dec 28 2011

Themes: Fashion, Hobbies

Grammar: First Conditional

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The way you dress can say a lot about you. But making sure your clothes are sending the right message can take a lot of time and money. That is, unless you just want them to say that you hate shopping.

For some, shopping for clothes is an exciting hobby. To them, it’s fun to try on different items and put together the perfect outfit. But others hate shopping for clothes and see it as a chore they just have to get through. Can you guess which of those groups Marni and Ella belong to?

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Ella

Marni

Ella: Shopping. I can’t get enough of it. I love being there physically, I love doing it online, I love sample sales. Just anything, all the time. Shopping.

Marni: Oh my…really? Wow. You know, I really detest shopping. I just…oh my gosh, being in the stores with all the crowds. I hate it.

Ella: Online. You can go online if you hate crowds.

Marni: I also hate shopping online because you can’t try anything on, you don’t know if it fits, you don’t get a really good sense of what it looks like. It’s all terrible.

Ella: I don’t know, I just…it’s just trying to find the next best thing. It’s like a challenge to go shopping, to find the best deal, the next hot trend. I love it. One thing I don’t do, I don’t try things on. I just kinda guess. I’d rather just buy it and have it not fit and return it than try something on.

Marni: Wow. You are a serious shopahilic. You know, I kinda like to window shop. Like, I like to look at things in the window and see what’s cute, and then maybe if something really catches my eye I’ll go in, but I just feel like excessive shopping, it’s just such a waste of money.

Ella: I just get so scared it’s gonna go away and I’ll never have a chance to get it again. I still remember this one ring I saw in Amsterdam that I wasn’t sure if I was gonna get, and ever since then I’ve decided to always buy everything I want.

Marni: Wow. Well, I guess what I do is if I see something I like, I’ll go and I’ll think about it, and if I keep thinking about it, then I know that I really like it and really want it. But I rarely buy something on impulse.

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Discussion

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Ella loves shopping for new clothes, but Marni detests it. She doesn’t like shopping online because she can’t try on the clothes and make sure they fit. But she doesn’t like shopping in stores either, because she dislikes being in a big crowd. For her, shopping just isn’t fun.

Ella thinks shopping is a fun challenge. She loves trying to find good deals and new trends. The only part of shopping she dislikes is trying clothes on. So she just buys them without trying them on, and if they don’t fit, she takes them back to the store.

Do you like shopping for clothes? What is your favorite thing to wear right now?

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kotlesya

Belarus

Snoopy, I want to add some words to your comment “now the milion dollar question is” :))))) I must admit, I’m very sensible with money and I will never spend them for the things ( clothes) I don’t need. The first and main quiestion for me is to think how many money my family need and what my family need. I don’t think about myself. Shopping is just an additional pleasure “to fill” my spare time ( if I have got that spare time). The one more thing…........ I don’t like and will never allow anyone “to escort her to the stores”. It is out of my rules. Clothes is not important thing in my life, there are lots of other things, that are much much much important for me.

andrespretty2

Colombia

I don’t like shopping for clothes, I think, It is so boring, Sometimes I have gone with my mom to shopping malls to buy clothes, and the first thing that i desire is to be in home very fast.

I like to wear formal clothes, ‘cause I work like a executive.

Risk

Costa Rica

well i prefer to spend the least time possible when it comes to buy clothes , but sometimes i can’t because i can ‘t find my size .

tardis

Turkey

I like shopping so much… it is a kind of therapy for me. like every woman does I guess :)

i love life

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Actually I love shopping I prefer do it on myself .

some time I dont have enough money I can buy by mastercard .

Really shopping very excited .

The woman prefer going shopping more then men .

my favourite colour is black I prefering wear a Black colour specifically when someone invite me to specail occasion .

I bought a nice trousers last month I care when I want choosing my clothes I like fashion .

If you like shopping you should save a lots of money We didnt have enough money all the time I prefer to reducing our desires we suffering from the international crisies

julito

Argentina

Friendlover . Is as any vice ,smoking, drugs. it is called compulsory buying. needs to be treated . if not , unless she is rich ,will end up deadbroke.

friendlover

Turkey

Shopping is a sickness for some people..Really it is. My sister’s neighbour has this sickness. She always buy somethings, not only clothes, whatever she sees she wants to buy. Her house full of unnecessary things.

Once my sister asked why she is buying everythin and her answer was showing her sickness ” I cannot stop myself!” My sister advised her not to take so much money or her credit card with her when she goes out. Her answer was so interesting. She said: ” I have already tried this but I had to borrow money from someone to buy the thing I saw.”

Now please tell me, isn’t it a sickness?

manu_wj

Italy

yes snoopy, I shoud, this is the kind of holiday I’d like to get!

katySK

Slovakia

Shopping would be better, if I had more money !! :D

Now it is only looking for something with good looking and good price have.

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I brush my teeth with a bottle of whiskey.

when it gets unbearably cold , I dress myself up as a polar bear cub so I can cuddle myself under mama bear, or poppa bear, (:

they have cruise ships, you should book one and visit.

manu_wj

Italy

brrrr I guess you have breakfast with wiskey hihihi

and I guess you live in one of the best nature place in the world

snoopyboy

Antarctica

~~-25 degrees (Celcius)... this summer for me. it can easily reach close to -~~-90 during winter, how ironic.

Asics are okay, I wear Skechers

manu_wj

Italy

how many degree snoopy?

I have running sneakers too because I’m a runner. My favorite are ASICS, yours?

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I have running sneakers, that was I wear as sock when I wear my boots, it’s that cold where I am

manu_wj

Italy

to be honest I wear just militar boots or running sneakers, can you help me?

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Wel Manu, I can only help you with Spiked hiking boots

manu_wj

Italy

mmmm I should find some E.baby friend who likes doing shopping…

who want to do this for me? but be carefull, I’m pretty muscolar and in good shape!

ahahah just joking!!!

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Manu, you can clone someone, or shop online; your choice which ever seems more affordable.if the clothes don’t fit all you have to do is return them.