I did really good... I mean really really good - I didnt buy any clothes or shoes for TWO MONTHS. This is a record for someone who would shop just about everyother day... whether it was a $10 shirt or a $250 pair of jeans...
I lost the battle yesterday. Day started off good... went through my closet and took a bunch of clothes to Crossroads (they buy your clothes). And that was the start of my demise. I spotted a pair of Yanuk Jeans for $65. SIXTY FIVE! I couldnt believe it! So I start searching the designer jean rack - A pair of Seven Jeans for $50! OMG... Im in love - try them on (with my friends 2 year old in tow) and they fit perfect. So Im thinking this is ok... theyll buy my clothes.. Ill get 50% of the profit in trade.. perfect... worked well.. I even got $11 cash back.
Well, on the way to take baby back to mommy we have to pass the mall.. its CALLING to me... I swear - that glossy looking blacktop and the glass roof... so my philosophy - I DID promise to buy Ali a toy and there IS a toy store in the mall... soooo... lets go.
I always park by Nordstroms... the toy store HAPPENS to be at the OTHER end of the mall... thats ok I think to myself... Ill just look... I can do this. I mean Ive done so well these last 2 months and I dont really NEED anything. (Altho I HAVE been wanting a pair of cute wedge sandals lately)
So we park - I grab the stroller and we go. I did really well... just looking until I hit Charlotte Russe... I love their accessories.. walk out - I only spend $45. That was good (only $45 because nothing FIT me but still.. Im feeling good) We keep walking... there are some HOT guys in here and Im kinda wishing Ali would quit trying to wiggle out of her stroller but this is a good thing too - means I cant shop if she starts throwing a fit right?
Next stop - I get all the way to the toy store and Ali picks a couple things... only $32 here... OK, so technically since I got that $11 from Crossroads Ive only spent $67. Now, I really want to just "look" at the shoes at Steve Madden. I swear... just look. So I start walking back to the elevator (SM is downstairs) Well, I forgot this is a different mall so I reach the other side and realize I have to walk through Nordstroms to get to an elevator. GREAT... Mac and Shoes and Designer Clothes and AHHH... its all so overwhelming...
I made it past the designer stuff as Ali is getting chocolate chip cookie on the bottom of my skirt because she wants OUT!!!!!!! as she yells it of her stroller. Did I forget to mention the $3 cookie (since when is a cookie three dollars?!) that I got her so I could MAKE it to Steve Madden?
Anywho - we get downstairs and Im negotiating the maze of makeup and perfume stands and there it is. Like a glowing log of gold. The MAC counter. Well, I AM almost out of Studio Fix and I needed a new gold eyeshadow and I wanted to try that black liner stuff... and the list goes on... and I think... I HAVE deprived myself these last 2 months so I deserve it right? I leave the counter with a $300 Credit Card Slip tucked neatly in my cute little MAC bag.
OK, well, maybe I can just look at shoes HERE and save the hassle of a kid yelling OUT! (which started again after we left the makeup counter - oh and the 2 year old now looks like a damn drag queen) Anything to keep her QUIET!
So we get to shoes... I spot them... OMG they are SOOOO cute. Wedge slip ons with beading and a shiny bronze heel. Im in LOVE... oh and the one next to them are kinda cute too... dont know when Id wear them but I mean it HAS been TWO MONTHS since I bought shoes soooo.... Ill take them both. They were SOOO cheap. Only $118 for TWO pairs of shoes.
So my total is now up to around $500 (but dont forget the $11 I received from Crossroads.. so I did MAKE some money today)
Since those two pairs of shoes were so cheap I decide it cant hurt to look at SM. I mean what if they have a pair I like better? I can always walk back to Nordys and return the other pair... yea, I think... this will be ok....
As we walk to SM I forget that Bebe is directly accross... its calling me. Now, its been a LONG time since Ive shopped here... I mean, Im not really a frilly showoffy Bebe type girl BUT I did buy that 2nd pair of shoes with nothing to wear them with so I go into Bebe. Of course the baby brings the girls in throngs... shes so cute! is she yours? can I help you? blah blah blah. I proceed to show one girl the shoes and she helps.. oh yea... as much as a commissioned girl at Bebe would. Damnit... another $272 later... but I DO have an outfit to go with the shoes... right?
OK... this trip to Crossroads to RECEIVE a bit of money is getting a little PRICEY!
But the reason I CAME to the DAMN MALL is STEVE MADDEN and there it is. As I walk out of Bebe with a stroller loaded with little presents to muah it calls me. Shoes, shoes, shoes. God I LOVE this store. As soon as I walk over Im in heaven (and my bank card is screaming NOOOOOOOO!!!!) I see them... the cute little wedges of my dreams... the ones Ive been longing for ever since I saw Jessica Simpson in a pair like them... theyre sooo cute. Blue stripes and so cute and only $69. Then I saw the other pair called Darlings.. a bit more... $100 but so cute for a night out.. and they have my size. OK .. Im done.
I practically RUN from the mall... strip Ali in all her chocolate glory into her seat and drive to Sarahs... where she proceeds to lecture me about saving.
Moral of the story.... I started off the day like a good little girl. I was going to go to Crossroads and make a few bucks... but I failed. I blame the Yunka jeans. I really do... because if it werent for them I wouldnt have gotten into buying mode. And I feel maybe it is better to buy something everyother day rather than going on a binge like I did. But I dont feel too bad. I mean - yea, I spent $1000 in a few hours but I DID go TWO MONTHS deprived of the mall and broken up into 8 weeks of buying something 3 times a week it was like I spent a miniscule $40 (7 minutes of work) each day... ok.. so its not THAT bad, is it?
Sarah doesnt think so... and I had to go to the store and buy a bottle of Spray in Wash for Alis clothes too (she was out) so we can add $4 to my total...
All in all Im now sitting here the next day looking at all my little presents and wanting to go party this weekend in all my new clothes, shoes and makeup. So I guess that will be another few bucks to add to my tirade but I had fun and it was SOOO worth it....


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