Material Moment: Shopping is Serious Business

True to form, and not wanting to break my current streak, I hit the trail today. It was sunny out, windy (although too windy at times), the skies were clear and yet it was still low traffic. The perfect day for a run. And it was the most frustrating 3 miles.

After this mornings online browsing, all I could think about was shopping!!! I live in a small town. Technically, there is a township (where I live) and a borough. Our community is small, so our mall is small. I'm not a huge shopper. I'm typically in and out, but after "window shopping" online I was on a mission. There was one top in question that I have been looking at drooling over for weeks. In the process, I found 4 other tops that I liked. The only thing is the cost: one top would be a splurge for me, let alone 5. In my last post I mentioned that, during the 'great (closet) purge' of 2011 I let go of a few pieces I loved. In this case, there were two pieces, one stained and one worn until it developed holes, that I adored but let go because of their condition. Except a year later, I have yet to replace these adored items. So, the dangling carrot of these online pieces in my mind, I printed out my shopping cart, wrote up a shopping list, and went on my merry way. Normally I don't really like shopping. I don't doddle. I'm in and out in a hurry. Today was serious business. I went into 5 stores. The first wasn't clothes related, but I figured that as long as I was going to endure shopping, I'd do it thoroughly and tackle everything on my shopping list. That store was gardening related and a glowing success. The rest of the stores, I stuck to items on my list (mostly.) Having pictures of the items I found online helped and I could get similar items. I got 8 items for about half the price of what I would have paid online. And, happily, after a year of searching I FINALLY replaced my lazy day tank top. I will keep this one forever and ever, until it has more holes than swiss cheese. (Sometimes you don't know what an amazing thing you have until it's gone. What more can I say?) That one sweater I'm drooling over? Well... it was marked 50% off before dinner, but it's only 30% now. And so I wait.

It has been a productive day. Some of the holes in my wardrobe have been filled. I ran, I shopped, I worked out. I'm even doing laundry. Thank goodness I get to go to sleep soon!