...a bunch of crap I really didn't need.
With just sixteen shopping days until Christmas, it's easy to get roped into buying things we might not actually have on our gift list.
Most times, we're conscious of our impulse purchases—there's a great sale on this! I'll use that later!
But sometimes reasons for our frivolous purchases are not so obvious to us. Don't feel too bad—store chains actually hire researchers to study our shopping patterns and take advantage of our weaknesses.
Our brains are endlessly fascinatingly organs—but sometimes they betray us. The following is the first post in a five-part series on how stores trick our senses into shelling out more money than we may intend.
