Is shopping a form of torture?

I really hate to shop for almost anything. I kind of have a "dread-like" feeling approach at Christmas time because I know I'm going to have to go to the mall.

I just don't get it. Crowds of people shuffling by one another...bumping into one another...looking through racks and racks of clothes. Women (in general) spend hours and hours pouring themselves over racks of clothing and then...to top it all off...trying them all on! Many times, they try them on for fun because they have no intention of purchasing the item. If they do decide to purchase, they have to stand in line in order to do so.

I would rather listen to a George Bush speech than do anything in the above paragraph.

Grocery shopping is almost as bad. Every time, I manage to get behind the lady with six kids - 2 in her cart (at least one trying to make a daring escape from the cart) and the other four straggling behind her competing for who can knock down more displays.

Am I really a girl?