Window-Shopping

If you look for things to buy, your window-shopping will take a long time.
If you look for what you need to buy, your shopping takes just a short while!

P: Consumerism and surplus choices are the pitfalls of modern society.
B: Strictly speaking, window-shopping shouldn’t buy anything.
S: Haha ya, though many window-shop on and on in the hope of bumping into something they want to buy!
B: I thought its like 画饼充饥 when the wallet is tight.
J: Or is it 望梅止渴？
S: 本来走马看花，却变选花买花！
V: It takes discipline…don’t bring wallet la.
S: Haha it’s not me… just a general comment from observation of shoppers :-]