Living in a material world
28 Nov
I mentioned in my previous posts that I have been doing a lot of shopping recently, and it’s true. See below for photographic evidence.
Most of these are from my two trips to New York, although the make-up is from Toronto. There are four dresses in the photo, all from New York. Three are from a boutique I found in SoHo on my first trip. The white dress in the bottom right was the dress I wore to TheBusinessSchool formal, and the dress in the top right is a dark grey business casual dress that I wore to the offer dinner last week.
The fourth dress is from Forever21. There’s been a trend towards ballerina-inspired skirts recently, and this layered black and cream dress was too cute for me to pass up.
I also bought a Coach wristlet even though I have been resisting Coach products for its “over-trendiness”. Unfortunately, I realized the usefulness of the wristlet as a small wallet when I don’t bring a purse to school and ended up buying a hot pink one.
My mom actually dragged me shopping with her in Toronto and I ended up buying some make-up even though I hadn’t really planned to. The Shiseido brightening products are a wonder for your complexion, and I needed some new lip gloss. I have no justification for buying the Oscar de la Renta perfume other than the fact that I was waiting for my mom to finish shopping and wandered into the perfume section. I’ve always believed in having one “signature perfume” but I never put too much thought into it when I was younger. A few years ago, I bought a Shiseido perfume that was light and sweet, but after careful consideration, I don’t really think it’s “my smell.” So I was going through the perfumes and man, there are a lot of different smells out there! After smelling a few, my nose was starting to tire, my head was beginning to hurt, and even my vision was starting to blur. So even though there were a few that I liked, I quickly grabbed this one before I talked myself out of buying perfume altogether. I chose this one because it is a lot less common than the other ones that I liked (for example, I liked JLo’s perfume, but it seemed too popular) and I want my smell to be unique, just like a signature.
Not shown in this picture are: the Anne Klein watch I bought on my first trip to New York, the Adolfo Valencia luggage I bought on my second trip (like this but in baby blue), the Body Shop reed diffuser kits (now making my apartment and my parents’ home smell real nice), and chocolates I bought for my parents.
That dress is gorgeous!
My signature perfume is Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue. Oh, the dress is marvelous.
Ah, a classic. Elizabeth Arden Green Tea used to be my smell, mostly because someone bought it for my mom and she never used it. I liked the lightness of it, but I also like the smell of tropical fruits, and it didn’t really have that. Not that the Oscar de la Renta perfume smells tropical, but it is slightly fruitier.
I never wear dresses or skirts, but if I ever had the urge, THAT is what I’d wear. Just because A) Its cute and B) No one else would be wearing it.
Also, I saw you guy a coach wristlet. The only one I’ve ever owned is one I got as a gift. I just can’t justify spending all the money. That being said, I think every girl should own one.
I can’t justify spending the money either, but that day, I was tired of saying “No” to myself. I had always said that Coach was the sort of thing that I could let a boyfriend buy for me, to show how much I was worth to him. But I was tired of waiting around for a boy to spend an extravagant amount on me. I could afford it myself, and I was worth it, so why was I waiting around? That’s what I was thinking that day.
I was even more convinced when the sales lady asked me whether I wanted a gift receipt. When I said no, she seemed taken aback that I was buying it for myself, as if I didn’t look like the type to buy something from their store.
But after I made the purchase, I definitely felt guilty about it, and I thought about returning it several times. But then I remembered the reason I bought it, and so I kept it. For that reason, it is now symbolic to me.
That ballerina dress is AWESOME
As for a COACH wristlet, I like the idea of wristlets, but not spending the cash on a Coach brand :D
Mmmm makeup. I feel an urge to shop
Those dresses are drool worthy. Quite the nice haul!
that dress is gorgeous! i love ruffles!
Oooooh I love the dress! I’m in love with those one piece dresses!!!
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