Becky's writing for the financial magazine is a surprise hit. He's amused by Becky's antics and impressed by her candor. He never feels he can please his parents and leads a life of stress. Becky's boss is Luke Brandon, a handsome, wealthy man with lots of energy and a black sheep complex. Not exactly the type of place that suits Becky's lifestyle or assets. The only problem is that the magazine that ends up hiring Becky is a financial advice magazine. The man at the front desk assures her that the magazine group is a family, and once you're in, you're in. The job gets filled before she can arrive, but a sister magazine from the same magazine group, Successful Saving, is hiring. For Becky, this would be equivalent to an alcoholic working in a brewery. After losing her job as a journalist, she decides to apply for her dream job: fashion correspondent for Alette magazine. Rebecca also has her own personal bill collector stalker type person following her around named Derek Smeath. The tone of the film is comic, so it's not a tragic type of addiction, but we understand that Becky has a problem and she needs some serious help. She shops using 12 credit cards, including her Gold Card, which is encased in a block of ice in the freezer in case of emergencies. When she walks past a store, the mannequins talk to her and convince her that this, only this, particular item has the power to make her feel better, more attractive, more alive. I am talking about an addiction as powerful as any drug out there. I am not talking about the reasonable kind of love where she goes monthly or even weekly to see what's new at her local boutique. Rebecca Bloomwood is a lovely redheaded young woman who loooooves to shop. So I wasn't sure what to expect out of the movie version.

I have been a longtime fan of the Sophie Kinsella Shopaholic books, which feature the lovable but compulsive Becky Bloomwood.

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