Buying household essentials and keeping the family fed and clothed means the typical female shops for 25,184 hours and 53 mins over a period of 63 years.

The research also found women will make 301 individual shopping trips - lasting a total of 399 hours and 46 minutes - per year.

The study of 2,000 women by online market research company www.OnePoll.com also discovered they window shop at least 51 times a year.

BREAKDOWN OF A WOMAN’S SHOPPING HABITS IN ONE YEAR

* Clothes - 30 times, total 100 hours and 48 minutes

* Shoes - 15 times, 40 hours and 30 minutes

* Accessories - 18 times, 29 hours and 31 minutes

How much time do you spend shopping? For the complete article, visit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/shoppingandfashion/7565958/Women-spend-three-years-shopping.html

(source: Telegraph.uk.com)