Things On My Shopping List:
1) Super cute Coach purse
Ridiculously expensive, fabulously cute, would certainly be the antidote to all sadness and frowny faces. Ridiculously expensive, can't find it on Ebay.
2) Shooooooes
No matter how many pairs of shoes I currently own, and how perfect the last pair I purchased, there is always one more fabulous pair out there just out of reach. Latest object of lust has been located brand new pair, in my size for $40 less than retail price. Deal or no deal?
3) Christmas present for Colby
Because yes, we're having Christmas in October. I am so not prepared for this. Shite.
4) Food for me
It's a little known fact, but I require a certain caloric intake each day to nourish the part of my body that does not subsist on purses, shoes, and cute tops.
5) Food for the dogs
Those kids can really tuck it away. Going through a bag a month lately, and what do they do to earn their keep? Pee in the corner and eat the carpet. Someone is not holding up their end of the deal here.
What I Can Currently Afford to Spend During the Next Three Weeks of My Billing Cycle:
Approximately $0
Creative Budgeting 101:
Decide purse is out of question--wave goodbye, but continue to obsessively look it up every day and work it into all daydreams.
Unable. To. Resist. Shoes. Purchase. Also, use PayPal 10% off coupon--score!
Flat tire = ~$200 in car repairs. Whoopsie. Immediately regret fabulous deal on shoes. Find pair of shoes that can still be returned to Zappos. Again, wave goodbye tearfully.
Christmas present... erm... still working on that one.
In lieu of purchasing food, decide to subsist on what is currently in the pantry. Find new and innovative ways to combine wheat pasta, Splenda, and yogurt.
Dogs are made to downgrade to Ol' Roy, rather than Science Diet. Sorry guys, but we were breaking the bank at $40 a bag twice a month.
Rather than going to the movies or getting drinks with the girls, spend Saturday night glued to the computer screen following lonelygirl15's vlog and Sunday morning scouring the forums for clues. I know what I'll be doing on October 12!
Interesting
Posted by: greenknight | October 08, 2006 at 08:22 PM
You may live to regret the Ol' Roy downgrade. We tried that with our lab a few years back. I don't know WHAT is in that stuff, but it resulted in some of the worst dog gas that I've ever had the displeasure to hit my nostrils. I'm just warning you...since your dogs come in the house too...you may find yourself with NO appetite after your pooches have a few servings of that stuff.LOL!
Posted by: Steph. | October 08, 2006 at 09:30 PM
Sounds kind of like my life. Except for the dogs. I'm trying to sustain on wheat pasta and cantaloupe. It's impossible..
Posted by: Heather B. | October 09, 2006 at 01:42 AM
I'm imagining the nasty smoothies you could make with those ingredients... Any way to turn the yogurt into an, uh, 'raspberry alfredo sauce'?
Posted by: Maggie | October 09, 2006 at 10:22 PM
Have I mentioned that sometimes I feel like your life is mine? Because I'm down to the non-perishables that I recovered from the movers and the free breakfast from the hotel in Berlin this weekend. And yes, I know that I took a trip, but the Deutscher paid for all my other meals . . . and a cute shirt . . .
Posted by: Airhead | October 10, 2006 at 10:38 AM
Got anything you can sell on eBay?
Because, I bet you do. Something totally cool that you didn't know what cool, but walah, eBay people love it.
Do you have that?
Sorry about the shoes. :(
Posted by: culotte | October 10, 2006 at 05:08 PM
Your shopping list is funny. Our poor dogs don't like to me buy their food because they get ol Roy or Sunshine when it's up to me. I see shoes and handbags floating out the window with the high price stuff. Kiddo and mr. try to put me on a guilt trip when I do that. I won't gag you with my comeback!
I could definitely use a Coach purse. And I have a kazillion shoes but I need more of those too. And bracelets and the entire Brighton website. :)
Posted by: shpprgrl | October 12, 2006 at 04:56 AM