I love returning things. It makes me feel good that I am not keeping something I am uncertain about.

I no longer worry about the SA's question about why I'm returning it since I realised that basically they need to know if there's something wrong with it so that they don't put it straight back on the shelves. I'm very happy to say that I changed my mind. It doesn't matter to them, they just need to process the return in the right way.

I never, ever feel guilty about returning anything. I am a plus size and most stores only carry my size online. They leave me no choice but to buy things I am not sure will work, so I don't feel guilty when it doesn't.

I worked in retail for a few years too, and my experience matches Christine's. Plus, once I saw how many people returned clothes, I got over any hangups I had about it. When the store was closing near the end, there was a tsunami of returns that people had been hanging onto in their closets and they had to make a decision before we stopped accepting them. There were days when we were just glad we had made more in sales than we had in returns, LOL!

I've actually started feeling positive about making returns - it means I'm not willing to settle for something that doesn't fit right or doesn't work for me, whatever the reason. I'd rather do than then end up with a closet orphan.

I don't feel bad about returning. I know i'm not "wardrobing" (wearing the items with the intent to return them later) so there is no guilt. I also understand when they ask "Is there anything wrong with it?" that they just want to know if they can re-stock it right away or not, so I don't feel like I need to make up any excueses. I'll just say, "No, it's perfectly fine, it's just not a good fit in my wardrobe."

Just chiming in to add my voice to the ranks of those who hate hate hate returning things (clothes or anything else) for any reason. I don't feel bad if I have to return something; I just see it as a major inconvenience and time-waster. I realize this makes me sound like I'm not totally mentally well-adjusted...heh

But seriously: I try very hard not to have to return items because it annoys me so much to have to return them. BUT, the odd time I do, I don't feel bad about it. We all make mistakes. (I personally make rather a lot of them!). So don't worry about it, my dear! It says nothing about your ability to choose clothes that work for you. Often you have to get an item home and try it on with other things before you can make a proper assessment of whether or not it works for your bod and your wardrobe.

Returns used to bother me, because I felt like I was being judged when I returned. But then I started to get really picky about the items I added to my wardrobe, the colors, the fit, do they mix well with others, and now I am numb to returning. If I have to return I will because that money is better spent on something that I will truly like and use.

I don't have issues about being judged by the sales staff. But I do hate returning things because of the hassle factor. I have a very full schedule during the week and then carving out return time on the weekend is kind of a drag.

In fact, today I have "Target returns, F21 returns, and Sears (Lands End) returns" on my to-do list, and it's bumming me out, man.