I bid on a pair of shoes on ebay, my logic being that if I bought them in the shop they would have cost £99.99, but on ebay, slightly used but in pretty good nick they have cost me £54.95 including post and packaging. This pleases me. They are also absolutely GORGEOUS and I have wanted a pair of ankle boots for a long time. Again, I am just making excuses. This isn’t all though. Oh no, when I spend, I spend. I had already reserved a dress from dirty addiction. I have bought two dresses from her before. Her designs are eccentric and not particularly practical for everyday wear, but I fell in love with the first dress I bought from her.
Excuse the ridiculous pose, when I bought it she wanted a photo of me in it and it was the best, I felt at the time, I could come up with. I loved the tuxedo top and I also have a thing for tutus. I have managed to stop myself now, but unfortunately only because my attentions have moved on to dresses in general, a far more dangerous territory in terms of quantity as opposed to one expensive item. I have worn this dress on 3 occasions, all fancy dress, but I have always been given a compliment on it and I am pleased to know that I am wearing something that is one of a kind. The second dress I bought was intended for everyday wear, but although I gave her my measurements the stretch on the material made it far too big for me when I put it on. I tried to alter it, but there was something not quite right, and she does not do refunds. This, along with a growing number of other items, will be sold on my ebay account over the summer when I begin a mass clearout of my wardrobe. However, I reserved this dress because the design is co cute and quirky. Although I cannot post a picture of it until I get it, as it is one of a kind in terms of exact design and material, if you visit the website there is one very similar to it which might help you visualise it as I am sure my description will not. It is a strapless dress with a small block print of green frogs and pink hearts. It is very short, but I will wear it over tights and a top underneath as I am not a bare flesh girl. This might be self consciousness, but it is more than likely due to the fact that I live in a very cold country. What attracted me to this dress, however, was that she has designed it with a hood which comes up from cross straps on the front. It is incredibly cute and is now the second item I have bought with little body and a lovely hood detail. So, of course, when my loan came through the money went out and as soon as I send her my measurements, and she makes it a little smaller than those, it will be on its way!I have vowed that these items will be the only items I buy this term, until the next instalment of my loan comes through in April. If I can stick to this is a different question all together and one which I will not try to answer. I have been so used to seeing DR printed after my bank balance that I’m not sure if I can cope with anything else. I won’t have to worry about this problem, however, as I am almost back in the comfort of DR already as my loan barely pulled me out of it. Once I’m in there it is merely a countdown until I hit my limit again.
I always buy a magazine before I get on the plane. The journey is only an hour long and I more often than not leave it on the plane when we arrive. This magazine cost me between £2 (if it’s reasonable) and £3.80 and there is nothing in there the interests me apart from flicking through the fashion photographs, and at the moment there is very little even there. Anyway, I read an article in Company by Alexa Chung who presents for T4, who was talking about how despite the fact she had so many clothes she never felt like she had anything to wear. I don’t feel like I have too many clothes, I think that is an almost impossible feeling for any owner of something they are passionate about, but I can relate to her on the second point. She wrote that although she would have things that would match she would always be desiring that particular kind of black scarf to go with this top as opposed to a black scarf she might have already. This is me exactly, and I have no doubt that I am not alone in this. I pick out a dress I have and wish I had these shoes to go with it, before I realise that I own ones so very similar. So I begrudgingly put them on, wishing I could only afford these dream pair of shoes. On the occasion when I buy them, I am filled with glee and put them on with this outfit. Then I never wear them again. The items I wear over and over are always the ones I least expect. The scabby denim skirt, the £3 second hand white beanie, the plain black long sleeved t shirt from h&m. Despite this, I don’t think the thrill of blowing a huge amount of money on something totally unique or totally fabulous or, if I’m lucky, both will ever pass. I just hope my wallet will stand by me as my faithful beanie has.
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