She has recently been diagnosed with insomnia, and is now taking non-addictive medication to assist with a healthy sleeping pattern.
最近她被診斷出得了失眠癥,眼下正在服用一些非成癮藥物輔助睡眠.
But Rikki admits her strange sleeping behaviour didn't start with online shopping.
但麗奇也坦言,夢中網購并不是自己第一宗睡眠怪行.
"When I first started waking up, I would go to sleep and wake up wearing different clothes," she said.
她說："剛開始夢游那會兒,我第二天醒來會發現自己穿著與前一晚完全不同的衣服."
"The shopping incidents started when I fell asleep next to my laptop. When I was asleep, I guess I would just use it and go to websites I had visited during the day."
"有段時間,我趴在筆記本電腦前睡著了,于是就有了夢中購物的經歷.我猜我就是在夢中無意識地操作電腦,上白天瀏覽過的網頁."
Admittedly a big ASOS fan, Rikki said her fingers do all the talking when it comes to her sleep shopping stints.
麗奇本人很喜歡逛ASOS網店（譯者注：英國著名網上時裝與化妝品店）.夢游時,光動動手指,就買下了許多東西.
"During the day, I look obsessively at ASOS, so my fingers know where to go," she said.
她說："平日里我特愛逛ASOS,手指對操作網頁已是熟門熟路."
"I have heaps of things in my shopping cart online just waiting. But most of the time I am buying things that I would never buy, so I must browse in my sleep.
"雖然我購物車里屯著一大堆東西,但其實我夢游時買下的那些并不是我平日里想買的,由此可見我夢游時也會瀏覽其他東西."
"My last order, I brought jumpers and swimsuits, which I really don't want. I never go swimming! I haven't in three years!
"我上次買了毛衣和泳衣,結果壓根用不上.我從不游泳！這三年里一次都沒去過！"
"I also bought three pairs of the same shoes once."
"有一回,我還買了三雙一模一樣的鞋子."
From blazers, skirts and shirts, Rikki now keeps a box under her desk where she collects the unwanted items, which she will return to the online retailer before the refund date expires.
如今,麗奇的桌子下放著一只盒子,里面塞滿了她夢中買的,卻用不上的東西：上衣啦,裙子啦,襯衣啦等等.她得在退貨截止日前,把這些東西統統退掉.
