working my closet

been trying to work my closet lately.  saw this on lisa leonard:

thought, i have this top!  

i love it (target) but the waist makes me look terrible.  so i put on a lovely wool sweater of my dad's that my mom shrunk in the wash and then gave to me.

i see that i need to tighten my bra straps (inapprop)

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w/ target boots and target black skinnies.  

don't you love how skinny legs can be from this angle!!

BOOTS :)/:(

jesse: jared, what do you think of these boots?:

jared: i don't like them.
jesse: whyyyyyy?
jared: i don't like high boots. at all.
jesse: what?
jared: prostitutes wear them.
jesse: what?!

(jared explained later he was just trying to have a strong opinion. i bought them from target and he likes them. thats the happy face of the title)

jesse: what about these?

jared: i like those... [pause] you're not going to like this, but they remind me of mr. worldly wiseman from pilgrim's progress. i like them a lot.

(the sad face of the title is that while i was saving up for them, they sold out in my size.)

bird earrings pt 2!!!

this happened ages ago, but look what jared got me! the very earrings i coveted w/ all my <3! how darling and what a spur to be a good spender, since jared gives me such lovely gifts.

from paper source :)

shopping hiatus ended?

i think my shopping hiatus has gradually trickled to an end.

when shopping for the wedding, i would see things for the cottage, and, if they were orange, i would buy them! oops! thus slowly i relaxed my strict NO CHOICE attitude.

i really feel more free from compulsive spending, though.
there is no room in me and jared's future closet for any more clothes or shoes (or the wardrobe i presently have), there is no room in the cottage for the books i have (let alone new ones).

there is no time for shopping b/w now and the wedding. after the wedding we will have to make an actual budget and i will have to obey it for the first time ever...

(this is the manipulatively fun and inspiring blog where i got the idea for the shopping hiatus)

must haves

what are 5 things you can't stop spending on even though the economy is so bad?

1. hot sweet drinks
2. stationery
3. unnecessary toiletries
4. ?
5. ?

www.wordle.net

i should point out that i don't normally use the word *amortize* unless i'm trying to prove that something i can't afford is not just a bargain but practically free. this usually involves dividing the cost of the item i can't afford by the number of years i'm planning to use it, and if that doesn't work, by the number of days or hours or minutes, until i get to a number that is less than the cost of a cup of cappuccino.
-nora ephron

shopping hiatus SORELY TESTED

i saw some really gorgeous earrings today, just simple silver cut outs of birds on perches and the girl wearing them told me they are from etsy.

so i'm severely tempted to scroll through 210 pages of "bird earrings"...

but NO CHOICE, so i'm going to bed :)

very funny

ok, the one thing i kind of *needed* was a new pair of sneakers (mine are totally trashed).

but the ones i had picked out JUST sold out in my size. haha! very funny. cue shopping hiatus.

may 11, 2009, my shopping hiatus begins

luke gave me a fortune cookie today at work.


apt. b/c this is what i did this weekend:

so, starting now, i am not shopping. i am not going to peek at things online, and i am not going to walk into stores. and i am not spending. not on clothes, not on stationery. i want to actually make use of, enjoy and relish the possessions i do have!!
i think the hiatus will last until after the wedding (after all, i can binge spend a little FOR the wedding!!) and by then i will have a nice BUDGET to follow... something i've never done... i hope i can do it!! sorry in advance for slip-ups, jared!!

conviction...

i fear that maybe i should try a shopping hiatus. shoot.