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 | day twelve: and we’re back to shoes |
Went shoe shopping today. Bought nothing. Very sad. But the Nordstrom half-yearly sale is on, so I’m thinking I may have to browse the sale shoes. Because I’m still wearing my now-pathetic flip flops all the time.
The problem with shopping is that I feel like I have to buy the absolute perfect item—and get it at a bargain price—in order to use it guilt-free. So although I encountered several OKAY pairs of shoes, I couldn’t buy any of them. This one was not pretty enough, that one not comfortable enough, and the other one only came in black when I wanted chocolate brown. Never mind the fact that ANY of them would have been better than what I’ve got now.
Oh well. Blogging: not quite as useful as therapy. But cheaper.
I feel your pain. I’ve become too accustomed to buying from places like Ross, TJMaxx, and Burlington…their clearance racks at that. So much so that I can’t bring myself to pay full price for a damn thing that isn’t absolutely perfect when.I.absolutely.must.have.it.now, meaning I’ve got something I need to wear somewhere and can’t unless I have “it”. If “it” isn’t a necessity, then I can’t get it unless it’s on a massive sale. I find myself saying things like, “I can’t pay $10 for this shirt; if it was $5, then maybe, but not $10.” That’s awfully sad, but when I finally find something worthy of my money, I feel great about it;>
I find myself much pickier now that I’m “stay at home” than when I worked. It’s got to be worth my money.
I don’t mind paying more (for jeans for instance) but they’d better fit right and look good. Ok just ain’t gonna cut it nowadays.
Exactly why I wear the same 3 shirts, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of shoes…nothing is ever perfect. Like my dirty, worn out uniform is. Good luck with that.
I can’t believe its warm enough to wear flip flops still!