A: Shop

Ladies’ Home Journal magazine ask readers: “Do you shop for fun” 89% of their readers said yes. Here is what else the magazine ask: “How does shopping make you feel?”

• 82% said happy
• 7% said exhilarated
• 6% said dreadful
• 5% said overwhelmed

“Has the troubled economy changed the way you shop?”

• 55% said “I think more thoroughly about each purchase.”
• 21% said “I have cut out nonessentials.”
• 17% said “I have the same habits as always.”
• 7% said “I have stopped using credit cards to avoid debt.”