Mar. 18 – Ohhhh Sooooo Guilt-Ridden

Today it was at least 15 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Weather like this tends to make people want to shop and buy things, for some reason. It took me forever to get out of my house because I misplaced my keys. I should have taken that as a sign to just stay home and save my money, but nope. I ended up finding them on the windowsill in the kitchen, because that’s where I put them when I was rushing to get that picture of the sunset that I’m going to put online tomorrow. I went shopping and I bought 2 pairs of shoes, a t-shirt, and sunglasses. A pair of white flats with rainbow stitching, a pair of black pointy-toed stiletto pumps with metal heels, a thin white tee in the new long cut with a sequined butterfly (goes so well with my new turquoise blazer!), and a pair of toned-down Jackie-O oval sunglasses (so glam!). I didn’t even end up getting a pair of black casual shoes, which was the whole point of the excursion. This means I’ll have to go shopping again this weekend. I am so over-budget!!! But everything that I bought is really cute! And I’ll make up for it in the next week. Ha ha.

At all the shoe stores here, they display the shoes according to size. So, instead of having just one of each shoe on display and then asking for it and hoping that they have it in your size, you only look at the displays that are your size and you know that they do. I like this because it saves me from disappointment. I guess it’s a lot easier for the salespeople too, but it makes the stores look messier and takes up more room. Also, when you try things on here, there’s never an attendant for the change rooms. When you’re done trying whatever it is on, you’re expected to put it back where you found it if you don’t want it. Basically, there’s not much service. I asked this salesgirl if they had any more black cardigans a few days ago and she said no, but I went back today and they had piles of them! Maybe it’s just her. Hmph.