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They are simply making a big deal out of it.

Alice feels that Bob makes a big deal out of shopping for socks.

TFD(idioms):

big deal
1. n. something really important. Don’t make such a big deal out of it!

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We can also say they are making a song and dance about it.

Alice feels that Bob is making a song and dance about shopping for socks.

TFD(idioms):

make a song and ˈdance about something (informal, disapproving)
worry or be excited about something which is not very important: My aunt makes a real song and dance about people arriving late, so hurry up.

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Relevant, but perhaps awkward to say that someone makes a rigamarole of things. As both the linked example sentences say, rigamarole is endured.

rigamarole - a complex and sometimes ritualistic procedure