I like shopping alone. Yet, I will seek opinions from close friends if I'm facing a dilemma. I will still shop alone after gaining their feedbacks. Over the years, I feel when you shop alone, you can make a better decision. It's nice to have feedbacks and opinions from your close friends, SAs, SMs who might be enabling you.
Then again, we all do sometimes have our personal preferences. This can be conflicting in our minds especially from someone who face a dilemma. When you shop alone after you inquire opinions from friends or family, you can then make a better final decision, wholeheartedly yours. Meaning this is the bag you want, you can see yourself using and deep inside, you do like it a lot.