Window shopping aka hopping

This has become a people's favourite pasttime in recent times.They all blame it on mall culture.Lets explore what exactly is window shopping?Here is the exact meaning "To many, shopping is considered a recreational activity in which one visits a variety of stores in search of a suitable product to purchase. "Window shopping" is an activity that shoppers engage in by browsing shops with no intent to purchase, possibly just to pass the time between other activities, or to plan a later purchase." But,now it means gazing at products not needed and buying them on impulse.We all love this gazing and sighing at windows,but alas it burns a hole in our pocket.We end up buying worthless things on impulse.I so remember buying hideous footwear !But,is this only way to entertain ourselves?Is this the cosmopolite crowd's idea of fun?Indulging sometimes in window shopping is alright,but making your favourite pasttime is not..Now i can endlessly window shop in a book store (probably will get chased :-) )