I'm posting twice in one night, which is quite unusual because I even went out tonight, which usually obviates the necessity of me spending extraneous hours on the computer, but when you're compelled to express your thoughts, what can you do?
I just finished reading the blog of a friend of mine who never, ever shops for herself. She grocery shops, obviously, but as far as browsing stores for clothing items, that probably hasn't happened since we were in high school and I forced her to do so with us on the weekends.
Yet, her blog post today recounted an event last week where she went to Lenox in Atlanta (where she lives) and actually really enjoyed spending the day shopping. She also highlighted on her blog all the places she had purchased items, and featured pictures of her purchased items.
So, this got me thinking about my own shopping habits. I used to be a designer label afficiando. I only shopped at "label" stores and spent far too much money on expensive clothing and designer items entirely outside my budget. (Refer to prior posts on credit card debt to elucidate this point even further). This was all happening in a time when I had little, actually no, disposable income but I felt that I could not, would not shop anything other than brand names.
Well, as they say, with age comes wisdom. Now if I can find a great deal on something cute at Marshall's or TJ Maxx, I buy it, but not without some thought beforehand. Around Christmas I bought myself a top at Luna in Charleston that cost $90. I thought about this top for a week before I finally purchased it. This may seem logical to everyone else but to me, this was quite a monumental event.
I can proudly say that I have not been shopping for myself (besides groceries) one time since Christmas. This may seem ludicrous to the average person but for me, this is quite unprecedented. And by unprecedented, I mean "has never happened before."
Not to say that I don't still love shopping as much as the next person, but it is nice to know that I now personally have some restraint over what used to be an out of control habit. Still, all this talk makes me want to buy the coat I found on Bluefly earlier...
