Saving the Economy

I think that I am single handedly saving the economy because I can't seem to stop shopping. I don't know what has happened to me but it's like a switch has been hit in my brain that says, "keep buying stuff you don't need". I didn't do much shopping last year and then the holidays hit. Every store had crazy sales and I just lost my mind.

Crazy sales are STILL happening and I just can't stop buying things. I don't think I've paid full price for anything outside of gas and food in the last 3 months.

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from J. Crew that there was an additional 20% off of sale merchandise sale happening this weekend. Of course I had to check it out. I quickly filled my shopping cart with merchandise that I periodically went through and cleaned out but I was most stoked about a bathing suit. I managed to find 2 tops and a bottom all in my sizes and in the same color. Cha-ching! Each piece would have been $7.99.

I weeded out some of the crazy "ooh - it's on sale so I'll totally buy this sequined jumper" out of my shopping cart and had a good number of solid items. But then… someone stopped by my desk to chat. And by chat, I mean talk to me for 10 minutes about nonsense. I can't really say, "Excuse me but I'm doing some quick online shopping at work before I head off to this meeting so can you please shut the fuck up so that I can proceed to buy things I don't need" because that's not really work appropriate.

When Chatty Cathy walked away, I refreshed the screen and a few items had sold out. Okay - no biggie… they just weren't meant to be.

But then I pulled out my credit card and… another co-worker came by my desk because it was time to leave for our big meeting at a different location. Dammit! We were already a little late so I couldn't ask her to hold on another 3 minutes.

I spent the majority of the meeting thinking about my shopping cart of goodies. When I finally came back to my computer 3 hours later, everything was gone. I wasn't so bummed about the clothes as much as I was about the bathing suit. It was the perfect suit! 2 tops, 1 bottom for 2 different looks? Kelly green looks great against my skin tone. Yarg!

I spent the rest of the day sulking about this stupid bathing suit and my missed opportunity.

But then God, in an effort to apologize for not giving me breasts, shined a light on me this morning because when I went to double check (seriously - you have no idea how much I wanted that damn suit), most of the items I had originally wanted were available again. While I wasn't able to get the bathing suit in kelly green, I was able to get it in rich aqua. Score! Although in hindsight, I probably should have just not purchased anything because I could have lived without another suit.

I have a shopping addiction.

btw - I'd post a picture of the bathing suit that nearly ruined my day but it has already sold out!