Naughty or Nice?
It’s happening.
The unquestionable holiday cheer of having 524 skyward-gazing tourists standing directly between me and some very important business I have to do at Saks has officially turned me into Scrooge in the City. Bah humbug!
Oh, all right, that’s really just a lame excuse for the mood I’m in. The truth is that I’m a lousy Christmas shopper. It’s 27 days to Christmas and the tally just this week stands at:
Holiday purchases for me: 1 skirt, 2 sweaters, 2 pairs of pants, 1 handbag, 1 gold ring
Holiday purchases for everyone else: 0
You see why I’m grumpy?
I try, I really try! But unlike a friend of mine, who so bravely told me that she had sworn off shopping for herself until she had checked every last friend and relative off her Christmas list, I just don’t think that’s physically possible for me. During the holiday season, all those shiny, sparkly decorations and the full brunt of retail pressure (Buy! Buy! Buy! Time’s running out!) send me into a delirium, a dollar daze. And next thing you know, my credit card’s out and I’m telling the saleswoman yes, please give me a gift receipt; the only reason why I tried the item on was because my sister — and my mom and my dad — just so happens to wear the same size I do. Uh huh. Sometimes I’m not even making excuses because it doesn’t even cross my mind that I should be shopping for other people. The Christmas lights made me do it!
Naughty girl. At this rate, there’s no way Santa’s going to be stopping by my house this Christmas eve. But that’s okay, by then I will have already bought everything on my wish list!
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November 18th, 2005 13:28
LOL - so true! I have a Bloomie’s Friends & Family card for this weekend. Do you think I’ll use it to buy Christmas gifts for MY friends & family????
Uh…Hmmmm….I don’t think so!
Cheers!
November 18th, 2005 19:41
Isn’t shopping at this time of the year fun?
But first an invite to ruminate on shopping at this time of year! I am inviting you to participate in a fashion blogging event. Next Friday is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day in America. I am asking other fashion bloggers to join me in blogging about their own views on fashion, consumption, individuality, and the importance of fashion in our lives. I am encouraging any other fashion bloggers to join me in this endeavor, just make your own political fashion statements about your view on consumption and fashion and I will link up and we can hopefully dialogue about the importance of individuality in fashion!
Almost Girl
http://almostgirl.coffeespoons.org
November 20th, 2005 14:01
I’m game… that is, if I can manage to blog and shop at the same time!!
November 20th, 2005 19:20
Darling, didn’t you know the primary directive of holiday shopping? It’s one for you, one for me. Tha way you don’t feel as noxious as you would coming out empty handed. Further, you REALLY should try that as one (store) for me, one (store) for you. That way if you get four items at Saks, then you make up for it over at Neiman’s.
/t