No, I'm not talking about drinking - but that is true, too. I'm talking about shopping. After I got home yesterday, having purchased the dress for the kids' wedding in January (in Florida, hence the non-wintery-ness of the chosen garment), I couldn't stop thinking about the green dress from Coldwater Creek. Thanks to my shopping excursion, I knew how their sizes run and what size to order. I was thinking the dress was some sort of poly-cotton or linen blend, or maybe a rayon blend, but when I went back to the website to visit "my" dress, I discovered it is, in fact, silk. So I ordered it.
Which, of course, totally negated the necessity of my earlier purchase. I could have just tried on dresses at Coldwater Creek, ascertained the appropriate size, and gone home and ordered it, saving myself the $63 I spent on the print dress at BCBG. (Hey, it was a $190 dress, so great deal!) However, after the dress-trying-on portion of the day, it was only about 10:50 AM, and the library didn't open until noon, and I totally didn't want to drive home and then go back out to the library later. I figured I had some time to kill, so why not browse. So I browsed. Then I inadvertently shopped. Even if I wanted to - which I don't - the print dress at BCBG was a final clearance, and therefore not returnable.
Tom helpfully pointed out that our dinner the night before the wedding might require a dress, so maybe I really do need two. The dresses I bought for our cruise three years ago don't exactly fit anymore, so I totally don't have anything in my closet for dressy occasions.
So, that's it. I'm officially done shopping. Which is fortunate, because my credit card is pretty nearly maxed out. Until I improve my "bottom line," shopping and I need to take a break from each other.
Just when I was getting good at it! But it's hard to mess up a dress purchase. One piece, no matching required.
Of course, I still have to buy shoes. Eh, that can wait.
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