retail therapy

Life is hard. Spending is easy and if the results of a new study are accurate, New Yorkers are lifting their moods following a hard day by shopping and, a lot.

If you are like me, first of all I'd like to say I'm sorry, you have purchased something in an attempt to obtain relief from a bad mood. There is an actual word for this type of purchase decision, it's called "retail therapy". Retail therapy is buying something solely because you are in a bad mood...