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14 Things You’ve Definitely Said/Done While Shopping In Penneys!

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There’s a Penneys addict inside all of us (Primark for you UK ladies). Every single one of us gals must venture into a branch at LEAST once a month (and that’s probably me being generous). We experience the same things over and over. We say and do the same things every time, we repeat the same shopping mistakes. It has become an experience only a bargain-loving Irish chick can understand.

Here are 14 things you’ve definitely said or done whilst in Penneys …

1. You walk in with good intentions. You don’t need a basket, sure you only need to replace a pair of tights right? Fast forward 10 mins and you’re struggling to carry an armful of €2 knickers, 3 sets of pajamas and a years worth of new shoes. Basket? They should start putting feckin trollies at the front door.

2. You’ve lost your mates and are desperately scanning the tops of rails to see if you can recognise the tops of their heads or their hairstyles.

3. It’s payday, so obviously that means you have to do your ‘Penneys Shop’. We are now counting this as an errand to run like a grocery shopping. ‘Sure jesus after I hit Dunnes for my groceries I have to do me Penneys shop’. – said every Irish girl ever.

4. Never has it been more acceptable to buy a new pair of pyjamas every month. You can never have too many candles, right? I think there’s only a little bit of tan left in my can *picks up 6 bottles of Sally Hansen in every shade*

5. The excitement of doing a Penneys haul before your Summer holidays is nearly more exciting than the holiday itself. Yes, we are that sad.

6. You’ve queued for 20 minutes to try on 15 items, that you instantly put back and start over again with a new 15 items.

7. You’ve carried around the same items for a while, put them back, and picked them up again. Damn that ‘Buyers Guilt’

8. You’ve moaned that some of their trendier pieces have gone up by a whopping €3 in price, despite the fact that the same style might be three-four times the price in other high street stores … Then you’ve bought it anyway.

9. You will finally decide that your basket is full enough, you couldn’t possibly spend any more money … Join the queue to pay, only to impulse buy a couple of packets of hair bobbins, 3 lip glosses and some mints – because mints are a necessity.

10. Every Christmas, the word ‘Penneys’ can’t be mentioned without being followed up with ‘got a whole lotta things for Christmas, Got a lot for the familyyyyy’

11. Thrown a tantrum because the sizes go from 8-10 to 12-14 … WHAT ABOUT THE 10-12’S PENNEYS????

12. Bought a bra that within 24 hours is stabbing you in the boob due to a protruding underwire.

13. You eventually get home with bags full of things, most of which you will never, ever wear. So what if you’ve never heard once listened to a ‘Ramones’ song, if all the cool kids are wearing their shirt then you need one too!

14.  Once the shopping has come to an end – the obligatory phrases must be used in response to compliments. A simple compliment such as ‘Your bag is lovely’ must be responded with ‘Thanks, Penneys’ , ‘€5 Penneys’ or ‘Penneys best luv’.

Don’t lie ladies we’ve heard you all say it too.

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2 Comments

  1. keithmiketom
    11 April 2014 / 20:59

    pajamas = american-english pyjamas = Irish-English

  2. Nirina Plunkett
    8 April 2014 / 16:45

    Just heard this on 98FM, haha it’s brilliant Sue! x


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