Jbird bought me a pair of $200 winter boots today. TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. We never spend that much on clothes. Every winter I look and look and look for a pair. But I don't like any of the shoes in my price range ($50 tops) so I decide that I'll wait until the Black Friday sales*. Only during the sales, I'm often all caught up in the holidays, travelling and visiting people, and I forget about the boots. Then my birthday comes in January but I decide that winter is nearly over and I will just make do and I choose something else for my birthday. So once again I survive the winter with a pair of flats (too cold), some old high leather boots I don't really like (the leather is saggy at the ankles), and a pair of ugly sneakers (they are so ugly).
But today I got some boots and they are lovely lovely lovely. I sat around with the babies all day thinking about them sitting at home waiting for me. And wondering if I hadn't spent too much on a pair of shoes. When I finally got home I went online and found the same pair for $100 less*. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. What a discrepancy! So I bought them and I'll take the other pair back tomorrow. Phew. Now I don't feel so bad. I hope I wear them happily for ever and ever and ever. We'll see.
*the most extreme sales day in the US is the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday. I will do all of my Christmas shopping online at this time as the online sales are normally about a week long.
*I chose the black pair but the pair I first bought were grey. Which I may have liked a bit more. Too bad, it's ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN MY POCKET.
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