The loneliness of the long distance shopper.

Dessie is disappointed, very disappointed. He is up and down to the shops every day. Sometimes twice a day. He knows all the slogans, Every Little Helps, Today's Bread Today, Real Food Real People but he has looked throught the list and there is no Patron Saint for Shoppers. 
Here are some of the occupations and activities that are covered but to Dessie's dismay his activity is not on it.

Actors - Genesius
Animal rights activists - Francis of Assisi
Arms dealers - Adrian of Nicomedia
Bankers - Bernardine of Feltre
Boy Scouts - George
Bricklayers - Stephen
Civil engineers - Dominic de la Calzada
Computer programmers - Isidore of Seville
Dietitians - Martha
Exorcists - Anastasia of Sirmium
Flight attendants - Bona of Pisa
Grave diggers - Anthony the Abbot
Headache sufferers - Teresa of Ávila
Ice skaters - Lidwina
Immigrants - Frances Xavier Cabrini
Jesuit scholastics - Aloysius Gonzaga
Lighthouse keepers - Verena
Mechanics - Catherine of Alexandria, Eligius
Motorcyclists - Columbanus
Odd lot dealers - Cajetan
Pig keepers - Anthony the Abbot
Psychiatrists - Christina the Astonishing
Speleologists - Benedict of Nursia
Thieves who repent - Nicholas of Myra
Undertakers - Dismas
Vinegar makers - Vincent of Saragossa
Women seeking a husband - Anthony of Padua
Zoology - Albertus Magnus, Francis of Assisi

The full list is here.

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