eBay in Reverse
Last week I was deeply, entirely obsessed with winning this delicately embroidered floral top from the excellent eBay boutique Spanish Moss Vintage. I watched it every day for six days, waiting to pounce, until the price entered what was for me a completely unacceptable realm ($189 for a vintage top? No, no, no.). But I was miffed. I'd wanted that shirt, I'd even done that freaky shopping mania thing with it, where you fantasize a movie-love-story-like montage of all of the places you'd wear it and with what pieces in your wardrobe. Anyway, I had to let it go. Then, I was in Urban Outfitters the other night, and I saw this cool woven blouse, which is a similar idea to the original I'd lost. Sure it's not as intricate, but it's got the same '70s-flowers-and-fishnetting effect, and at just $58, I could buy it in nearly every color and still not pay as much as I would have for the one on eBay.
You should check out my eBay shop. Cute stuff (if I do say so myself) but much more affordable (it's the same as my Lucky user ID right up there). Love your blog!
I had to laugh when I read how you were running an internal film montage with scenes of you wearing an item you didn't yet own. I do the exact same thing! There've been a few times when I've seen an article of clothing in a store window or a catalog and had many days of obsessive visualization of me wearing it at a party, or walking down the street looking cool, or getting admiring looks from my co-workers...only to try the item on and have it not look as good as I hoped (or if I'm lucky it does look as good as I expected and I have to buy it)! Just be glad you're not the person who paid over 100 bucks for that shirt; you know she'll have buyers remorse soon after she gets it in the mail!