Okay, so I am a person that admittedly lives beyond my means. I have the credit card bills to prove it. There's a reason every sales associate at Burberry knows me by name and my shoe guy at Nordstrom holds sizes for me without even asking. I fully believe in the therapeutic effects of shopping, the same way the potheads will argue the medicinal uses of marijuana. I know it's stupid and unhealthy but one does not achieve a closet of my stature by occasional trysts at Marshals. When I shop I mean to drop bills, son. My motto used to be if it doesn't sting a bit when you pay for it, it isn't worth buying.
That said, I did an embarrassing shameful thing today and I'm almost to mortified to even write it on here.
I comparison shopped.
I know, I know. Shoot me, take away my Neiman Marcus card, whatever. I looked for a deal today and I'm not ashamed to say it.
I finally had to accept that my lifestyle does not afford the things I want with the frequency that I want to buy them. And if I ever want to slim down my credit card statement I need to put my spending on an aggressive diet. No more fatty purchases. Which is hardest in transitional seasons because everything is so versatile. Lots of spring jackets work in the fall, etc. Cute brightly colored brogues are speaking to me. Prada refuses to stop making adorable sneaker-soled loafers that make me cum in my pants when I see them (I know this is extreme but if you saw the shoes you'd understand--google Prada papaya penny loafers).
So this season of restraint has been hard for me. I narrowed down my purchases to two legitimate utilitarian things that I do genuinely need. A raincoat, and a black leather belt that can take a lot of abuse and wear. My choices were obvious, an Hermes belt and a Mackintosh coat. Done and done. Except those two purchases would have ran me close to $2000. So, I had to tone it down. I ended up getting a handmade belt from Haberdash and a black treated cotton trench from Cole Haan. The two together were $350. I didn't even know Cole Haan sold outerwear, I just went in because they had these wingtips on Nike soles that looked interesting and saw that they had ridiculously cheap trench coats that actually fit really well. I don't usually like to talk about how much I spend, I think it's tacky. But when I find really good deals on things that aren't junk I have to admit I am a bit proud of it.
Yes, I've still got my eye on that Hermes belt but think of all the cocktails and dinners out I can buy with the $700 I saved...
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