"They're so pretty!" Galina answered.
The room was filled to the brim with packages, and the two of them spent the entire afternoon opening them.
Most of it was stuff that seemed like it might be useful, but was actually pretty useless.
Pretty junk.
That was Uffie's assessment of the things Galina had bought.
"You spent your whole allowance on this stuff?"
"To be precise, it was a little more than my allowance. I also used my credit card."
Uffie was speechless.
'What was that concept Zog talked about before? A consumerism trap.'
It's when you tie spending to your self-worth, happiness, or even freedom, trapping you in a vicious cycle: buy, feel a moment of joy, feel empty, buy again.
From the looks of it, Galina hadn't just fallen into the trap.
She'd jumped in willingly and was having the time of her life.
