don't worry, it was planned for!
At the beginning of the year, I decided that I was going to buy myself a new wardrobe for my 40th birthday. I was either:
1. going to lose enough weight, or
2. accept the fact that I'm not a size 6 (or even 8!) anymore....
Of course I would have preferred to go with the first option but, oh, well...
first, I made a list of what needed to be updated. (5 pants, 1 dress, 4 shirts) Then, I decided on a ceiling for what I realistically could/wanted to spend on all that. ($250) THEN, I waited....
the week after my birthday, the stores went crazy! Gotta love mid-year sales!
I decided to go to the local dept store, as they do have a very nice selection and, I have their purchase card and, their offer was 45% off "yellow tag" (already discounted prices) if put on one's store card. I spent $170 and, managed to find 4 pants, 5 shirts (1 was not "included", but I just couldn't resist it, I can wear it to the office, but, I can also wear it with jeans for the weekend!. I'm still "missing" 1 pair of pants and a dress (thinking of maybe having a seamstress copy my favorite dress, in my size!...that is not really expensive here!) AND, I still have $80 for those missing items! YAY! (oh, and the purchase card was paid in full)
Also, just wearing my size makes me look thinner, because I don't look like a badly wrapped tamale!
shopping spree
July 29th, 2009 at 06:47 pm
July 29th, 2009 at 07:53 pm 1248897184
i love working out what you need, then waiting for the right time. when you get home with such a large amount of new stuff, that you planned to buy, it just all feels so special. and theres no guilt because you had already planned the purchase.
DF and I are going to have to do a shop soon. we need underwear, socks etc.
July 30th, 2009 at 02:19 am 1248920343
August 7th, 2009 at 03:31 pm 1249659063
Jerry