I've been bad. . .
Feb. 19th, 2005 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
velvetpageBut it felt so good!
I spent money on clothes for the first time since October. I'm actually quite proud of having lasted this long without buying so much as a pair of socks. But I was in Lindor today and they had their big winter sale on. I could have spent a lot more, but I chose to be very, very picky. So I came out with one pair of pants and a really pretty top in a slinky, clingy fabric that I love. The pants were $59.99 when I tried them on last fall, and I couldn't afford that, but I got them today for $34.97. They don't even need to be shortened; the only reason I try on pants in that store is because their petite sizes are an inch shorter than everyone else's, so they actually fit. That saves me ten bucks. The top was $15, regular $30. I'm happy.
I also got my hair cut, got my eyebrows waxed, and took the pants I bought in January with a gift certificate to be shortened. (My lovely, nearly-new sewing machine is sitting in the corner of the living room looking very forlorn. I just never get around to doing that kind of thing. I'll do some more quilting in the summer, or at least I'll finish up the baby quilt I started. In the meantime, new pants will be fixed at Stitch It.)
That should hold me until April or May, when I'll need to buy a few things for spring/summer. Last year's new purchases are all too big, which is a nice feeling but expensive when you do it every year, in one direction or the other.
I spent money on clothes for the first time since October. I'm actually quite proud of having lasted this long without buying so much as a pair of socks. But I was in Lindor today and they had their big winter sale on. I could have spent a lot more, but I chose to be very, very picky. So I came out with one pair of pants and a really pretty top in a slinky, clingy fabric that I love. The pants were $59.99 when I tried them on last fall, and I couldn't afford that, but I got them today for $34.97. They don't even need to be shortened; the only reason I try on pants in that store is because their petite sizes are an inch shorter than everyone else's, so they actually fit. That saves me ten bucks. The top was $15, regular $30. I'm happy.
I also got my hair cut, got my eyebrows waxed, and took the pants I bought in January with a gift certificate to be shortened. (My lovely, nearly-new sewing machine is sitting in the corner of the living room looking very forlorn. I just never get around to doing that kind of thing. I'll do some more quilting in the summer, or at least I'll finish up the baby quilt I started. In the meantime, new pants will be fixed at Stitch It.)
That should hold me until April or May, when I'll need to buy a few things for spring/summer. Last year's new purchases are all too big, which is a nice feeling but expensive when you do it every year, in one direction or the other.