The malls and the markets are made for you to shop for your needs. Where else a person will go for her/his day to day or special requirements? It is perfectly natural for you to visit a mall and spend time there, while doing some shopping.

Shopping or making purchases is need based activity. It is okay if you are restricting your shopping to the things you need most. But once you realize that you are shopping for things you do not need that badly, it is time for you to push the ALERT button. Going and visiting a shopping mall or market is one thing, making purchases is another. Anyone can enjoy the atmosphere of a market or a shopping mall. But if you are indulging yourself with shopping of things that proves to be clutter for you, stop. You may be beginning to become a shopaholic. You need to take a break and think it over again. You are wasting your time, money and energy which you can very well avoid.