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"I&amp;#x27;m one of those fiercely independent types--I even went to the movies by myself last night!--so the sacred act of shopping is one I usually reserve for the company of me, myself, and I. Only a very select handful of people make the cut to be my shopping buddy... When I have to shop for a specific occasion, I almost never bring a buddy with me. It usually means I have a wedding in three days and haven&amp;#x27;t had time to think about what I&amp;#x27;m wearing yet, I don&amp;#x27;t want anyone else talking me into blowing a bunch of cash on something I&amp;#x27;m not in love with (or talking me out of something super edgy that I am in love with but that nobody in rural Massachusetts will &amp;quot;get&amp;quot;). In fact, I make a habit of buying dresses I love right there on the spot whether I have someplace to wear them or not, just to avoid that dreaded scenario above. Then when a wedding or a black tie event rolls around, I can just go shopping in my closet from a carefully curated selection I know I&amp;#x27;m going to love. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! When I&amp;#x27;m shopping for pure sport (hey, who doesn&amp;#x27;t need a little Saturday afternoon cardio?), I have two partners in crime I&amp;#x27;ve come to rely on. One is my mother, who has a rare combination of incredible traits that all make her perfect for the task: an insane nose for bargains, an ability to tell me &amp;quot;that looks horrible&amp;quot; without an ounce of guilt, the exact same &amp;quot;I need a snack&amp;quot; clock as me (shared DNA is definitely a bonus here), and a highly generous sense of sympathy for her Manhattan-rent-paying daughter that sometimes drives her to foot the bill. My other reliable shopping buddy is my friend Katie (you may remember her from this adorable sequins-turned-casual outftit--who wouldn&amp;#x27;t want to shop with her!?). When I&amp;#x27;m ready to get carried away by a vintage military jacket I must have thissecond, Katie will calmly demand I outline the difference between it and the three other military jackets I already have in my closet. She&amp;#x27;s my voice of reason and a fellow lover of Bergdorf Goodman&amp;#x27;s end of season sale--what more could you want in a shopping partner, really? Tell me ladies, who do you like to do your shopping with? Are you mostly a loner, like I am? Or does your boyfriend love to follow you into the dressing room and watch you try everything on? Do you and your mom bond over your trips to the mall together? Is your sister your partner in crime? Share! PLUS: - Is the recession affecting your shopping habits? - What&amp;#x27;s your best bargain shopping tip? - Love at first click: Check out our genius new shopping page! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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