Shopping- you are a special person. There arent many people who are trying to bridge the gap like you.
Its funny because its so scary for people who are very frum to see people from their community say well maybe we shud try to become more connected to other types of jews. As it is with the MO community. Hey dont like when people become too machmir. I know these are general statments so dont take then oht of context but in general this is causing an even farther push to either end of the spectrum to get as far away from the other group as possible. But neither of these lifstyles are sustainable.