Shop until you drop? It seems that Irish people are certainly up for the challenge.  The average Irish shopper spends more than 16 full days each year trudging up and down the aisles and around shops, a new survey shows. The majority of us will spend four full days out shopping between now and Christmas Eve, the online poll of 1,000 men and women further reveals. Most of us spend over two hours every single week in the supermarket, shopping for food. This time includes a big weekly shop as well as popping into the shop almost daily for the daily paper, one off purchases and fresh items. Clothes and shoe shopping in local shopping centres and on the busy city streets takes an average of two hours a week, with more dedicated followers of fashion prepared to shop around to find the perfect look and price – particularly at the weekend. Some respondents admitted to spending hours browsing through the rails before finding the outfit of their dreams, while others liked to shop around to find the best deal. The poll, conducted by website www.promocodes.ie, asked 1,000 respondents how long they spend shopping for items including groceries, clothes and shoes, health and beauty, entertainment and gifts. Shopping for health and beauty items took an average of 40 minutes a week. These purchases included necessary items like razors, tampons, medicines and personal hygiene along with luxuries such as expensive skin care products, designer make-up and perfumes. An average 30 minutes every week was spent on entertainment such as books, films and music. Whilst shoppers liked to look at the items in retail stores, they often then buy them online or at the supermarket where they found the prices more competitive. A further 20 minutes a week was spent buying cards and presents. Christmas was the busiest time of year, with shoppers saying they spend, on average, four days in total buying all the gifts they needed. Around two and a half hours a week was spent just pottering around, with shoppers saying they like to browse before making a purchase and like to compare prices in different stores. Time spent shopping each week: ·         Groceries – 2  hours 15 mins ·         Clothes and shoes – 2 hours ·         Health and beauty – 40 mins ·         Entertainment – 30 mins ·         Gifts – 20 mins ·         General pottering / other – 2 ½ hours   Survey carried out by www.promocodes.ie