Women will spend more than eight years of their lives shopping, says a study.\u00a0 While keeping their families fed and clothed -and indulging in a little retail therapy – the average woman will shop for an astonishing 25,184 hours and 53 minutes over a period of 63 years.\u00a0 If the average expedition lasted the length of a full working day – from 9am to 5pm – that would be 3,148 days trudging around the shops, or just over eight-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n
The poll of 3,000 women, conducted by GE Money, revealed they make an average of 301 shopping trips per year, lasting a total of 399 hours and 46 minutes.<\/p>\n
Food shopping can take more than an hour to complete each time. With an average of 84 trips to stock the pantry over a year, that is 94 hours and 55 minutes in the supermarket.<\/p>\n
Women also dedicate 90 trips a year to keeping up their appearances – shopping for clothes 30 times, shoes 15 times, accessories 18 times and toiletries 27 times. A total of 100 hours and 48 minutes is spent hunting for the latest clothing bargains and fashion statements.<\/p>\n
A further 40 hours and 30 minutes is spent shopping for footwear, and 29 hours and 31 minutes looking for accessories such as handbags, jewellery and scarves. Even shopping for more mundane items such as deodorant, shower gel and\u00a0 razors takes women around 17 hours and 33 minutes over one year.A further 19 trips, or 36 hours and 17 minutes, are used to buy gifts for friends and family.<\/p>\n
The poll also showed women will go window shopping 51 times a year, spending 48 hours and 51 minutes just looking for their next purchase.
\nWomen clearly dedicate a lot of time to making sure they find the best deals and the most suitable items for their needs.\u00a0 So perhaps the best present men could give their wives or girlfriends this year would be to do their fair share of the shopping.