A SHOPAHOLIC mum spends thousands of pounds of other people’s money each week as a personal Christmas shopper – in Primark.
Melissa Murphy, dubbed “Mrs. Claus” by customers, enjoys the thrill of a retail therapy “hit” without spending a penny of her own cash.
Instead, she films herself shopping in the store and buying requests from viewers.
The 36-year-old set up her personal shopping experience on Facebook in September, quickly launching an account on TikTok as interest grew so more people could find her.
The mum-of-three now spends more than 10 hours a week mooching around Primark, TK Maxx, and Homesense snapping up items on people’s wish lists ahead of Christmas.
While completing her “free” retail therapy on …