"Shop Til You Drop" is not a goal
Feb. 2nd, 2008 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serindeThe really pertinent lesson is: if you go out shopping for a very particular, specific item, you are doomed. DOOMED! Whereas if you just go out shopping, in the I Want New Things sense, you are much more likely to be successful.
I just spent eight hours trying to find a knee-length coat for the 30-40 deg. range, preferably not black, but with a bit of verve and spunk to it. Yes, admittedly, it's awfully late in the season for such a purchase, and I expected to have a bit of difficulty; I did not expect the kind of Bataan Death March that ensued.
I did find something, eventually, at our last stop (Nordstrom's). It was on sale, and the price I expected to pay, hallelujah. It is black, but has shiny gold bits so that's all right. And when I tried it on, Beth cracked wise about how I always shop on Carnaby St. SCORE!~
I found another jacket I was desperately desirous of, and it looks really good on me, but I truly did not need it. It was the right weight for what I wanted, but too short--my main goal was to have something to wear to work, and really, it's my ass and legs that get the coldest; and this only barely covered my butt. I could not justify dropping the not insignificant (but 50% off!!) sum on it. Dammit.
Also, I have finished replacing the zipper on my Not-A-Westwood skirt, and it can re-enter circulation. Hurrah!
I just spent eight hours trying to find a knee-length coat for the 30-40 deg. range, preferably not black, but with a bit of verve and spunk to it. Yes, admittedly, it's awfully late in the season for such a purchase, and I expected to have a bit of difficulty; I did not expect the kind of Bataan Death March that ensued.
I did find something, eventually, at our last stop (Nordstrom's). It was on sale, and the price I expected to pay, hallelujah. It is black, but has shiny gold bits so that's all right. And when I tried it on, Beth cracked wise about how I always shop on Carnaby St. SCORE!~
I found another jacket I was desperately desirous of, and it looks really good on me, but I truly did not need it. It was the right weight for what I wanted, but too short--my main goal was to have something to wear to work, and really, it's my ass and legs that get the coldest; and this only barely covered my butt. I could not justify dropping the not insignificant (but 50% off!!) sum on it. Dammit.
Also, I have finished replacing the zipper on my Not-A-Westwood skirt, and it can re-enter circulation. Hurrah!
