Buyer’s Block
Someone take my temperature! I must be coming down with something, because try as I might I haven’t bought anything in, um, at least a week. Bergdorf’s and Barneys are both having gift card promotions, and Saks is offering double points this week. It’s prime time for shopping. So this weekend, credit cards burning a hole in my pocket, I set out to buy something, anything. I was not in “just looking” mode; no browsing for me. And yet . . . clothes, shoes everywhere, and not a drop to buy!
Am I just uninspired? Do I need a new muse? (Maybe I need to run out and watch In Her Shoes, so that Toni Collette’s character’s closet full of 200 pairs of never-before-worn shoes sends me into an envy-driven spree.)
So how do other people get out of slumps? Do I need a new good-luck credit card? A different pre-shop meal? Maybe I should vary my route at Bergdorf’s — hitting Shoes on 2 first and then going up, rather than starting in the Lainey department on 6 and going down?
Hmm. Now here’s a thought. Most of the time I shop alone (and yes, I know what they say about people who drink alone) so do I just need a new shopping partner? For some reason, whenever I go shopping with a non-shopper or a neophyte, I never buy anything and she ends up spending tons of money. So maybe I need to find someone who shops more than I do so that some of her luck can transfer over to me. But wait, does such a person even exist?
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