can anyone go into CVS and just buy one thing?
no. i didn't think so.
and it always starts out the same way. i need some certain sundry item like hand lotion or tylenol or kleenex or what have you (and i am certainly not waiting in the 1,502 person line at Walmart to do so). so i "pop" into my friendly neighborhood CVS for this certain item...and then i spy that new L'oreal eye shadow that i have to have. and ooooh look at that perfect pink Revlon nail polish and oh my god i definitely need that lip gloss....and 15 minutes later i am leaving the store with my hand lotion.....and about $30 of new make-up plus a scented candle that was on sale and a new kind of body spray in "Almond Vanilla". and a copy of US Weekly.
and one of those chap-sticks they had up at the counter.
and some Tic Tacs.
and i don't even kid myself because when i walk into the store my mind says "ok, you are here for tampons and tampons ONLY" but my hand is reaching for one of those red plastic baskets "just in case".
and CVS knows what's up. all the important items like medicine and shampoo and whatnot are in the back. and so i am forced to walk through the make-up and hair care and useless household items aisle to get to what i really came in for.
i bet that 70% of there sales are accidental shoppers like myself.
but that lip gloss i bought really is cute. and i really have been looking for a silvery-lavender eye shadow for a while. and i mean you can never have to many body sprays or candles, right?
right.
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I definitely have the same problem at CVS. Especially in the giant middle aisle that has all the seasonal stuff - it's addictive!
I just absoutely live for CVS. I actually posted about it once - how when I was in college I would go in there and spend hours upon hours browsing the makeup and haircare selection, even going so far as to buy, say, cans of Campbell's Soup JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE. I've since reigned myself in a little bit, but CVS is still a very, very dangerous place for my wallet to wind up.
Yup, I think its a conspiracy. I go in there for one friggin thing and the next thing you know I've spent $100. On crap, like magazines and lip gloss.
That is exactly why I never go in there. Those dang Tic Tacs!
It's good to know that I'm far from alone in my problematic CVS shopping. You really hit the nail on the head with this one.
Oooh, nail. That reminds me. I'm all out of base coat... and away we go...
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