Its one of those very tired tropes that men don’t like shopping, and I’m sure its nothing to do with my gender identity, but I really don’t like shopping. The occasional shoe shopping (I do like a nice pair of shoes) and bi annual trip to outdoor shops to ogle at very expensive mountaineering kit I probably don’t need, I’m not a one for shopping. Crowded shopping centres, getting the right size in a range of different shops and a creeping feeling that the amount of effort and the end result are severely out of kilter mean I tend to go for a combination of what’s on the sale rail and a hefty … [Read more...]