Brits spend A YEAR AND A HALF of their lives agonising over whether or not to buy things

Cautious Brits spend A YEAR AND A HALF of their lives agonising over whether or not to buy things, according to new research.

A nation-wide study into our spending habits has revealed Brits will spend an average of FOUR hours of every week contemplating over whether to make new purchases, that’s more than 8 days a year – or 17 months over the course of an adult lifetime.

Researchers from AO.com surveyed Brits as part of their annual shopping trends report ahead of Black Friday – and revealed we are an ANXIOUS lot when it comes to spending our hard-earned cash, taking an average of 10 minutes to decide to buy a take-away and an average of twenty minutes weighing up the pros and cons of buying a new item of clothing.

When it comes to larger items, 22 days will be spent deliberating over whether to upgrade the kettle, 40 days (nearly 6 weeks) will be spent deciding on whether to buy a new bed and five whole weeks (36 days) is needed to come to a decision on buying a new cooker.

Of those surveyed, 46 percent of Brits claim they are very indecisive when it comes to making shopping decisions, while three quarters said they hate parting with their cash.